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asphyxiation

English

  1. 🔊 killing by depriving of oxygen
  2. 🔊 the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
    “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”

Similar words

suffocation suffocation abscess ague anemia ankylosis anoxia apnea asphyxia asthma ataxia atrophy backache bleeding blennorhea burking cachexia cachexy chill chills choke choking colic constipation