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    ASPHYXIATION

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     I. (noun) 

    Sense 1

    Meaning:

    Killing by depriving of oxygenplay

    Synonyms:

    asphyxiation; suffocation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting acts or actions

    Hypernyms ("asphyxiation" is a kind of...):

    kill; killing; putting to death (the act of terminating a life)

    Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "asphyxiation"):

    choking; strangling; strangulation; throttling (the act of suffocating (someone) by constricting the windpipe)

    Derivation:

    asphyxiate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)

    asphyxiate (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing)

    Sense 2

    Meaning:

    The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)play

    Example:

    asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture

    Synonyms:

    asphyxiation; suffocation

    Classified under:

    Nouns denoting stable states of affairs

    Hypernyms ("asphyxiation" is a kind of...):

    hypoxia (oxygen deficiency causing a very strong drive to correct the deficiency)

    Derivation:

    asphyxiate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)

    asphyxiate (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of)

    asphyxiate (deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing)

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