Suffocation

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  • n. Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
  • n. A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • n. The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • n. The act of suffocating, choking, or stifling.
  • n. The condition of being suffocated, choked, or stifled.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • n. the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
  • n. killing by depriving of oxygen
    • Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    hypoxia   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    choking    smothering    asphyxiation    asphyxia   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Alsatian    Americanization    Appalachian    Balkanization    Christianization   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    asphyxiation    dehydration    faintness    starvation    nausea   
     
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