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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun asphyxiation has 2 senses

• asphyxiation(n = noun.state) suffocation - the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
is a kind of hypoxia
Derived forms verb asphyxiate₃, verb asphyxiate₂, verb asphyxiate₁

• asphyxiation(n = noun.act) suffocation - killing by depriving of oxygen; Array
is a kind of kill, killing, putting to death
has particulars: choking, strangling, strangulation, throttling
Derived forms verb asphyxiate₃, verb asphyxiate₁

CIDE DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

asphyxiation

abscess, ague, anemia, ankylosis, anoxia, apnea, asphyxia, asthma, ataxia, atrophy, backache, bleeding, blennorhea, burking, cachexia, cachexy, chill, chills, choke, choking, colic, constipation, convulsion, coughing, cyanosis, diarrhea, dizziness, dropsy, drowning, dysentery, dyspepsia, dyspnea, edema, emaciation, fainting, fatigue, fever, fibrillation, flux, garrote, growth, hemorrhage, high blood pressure, hydrops, hypertension, hypotension, icterus, indigestion, inflammation, insomnia, itching, jaundice, killing, labored breathing, liver death, low blood pressure, lumbago, marasmus, megadeath, nasal discharge, nausea, necrosis, pain, paralysis, pruritus, rash, rheum, sclerosis, seizure, serum death, shock, skin eruption, smotheration, smothering, sneezing, sore, spasm, starvation, stifling, strangling, strangulation, suffocation, tabes, tachycardia, throttling, tumor, upset stomach, vertigo, violent death, vomiting, wasting, watery grave

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