'Suffocation' definitions:
Definition of 'suffocation'
(from WordNet)
noun
Killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: suffocation, asphyxiation]
noun
The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture" [syn: suffocation, asphyxiation]
Definition of 'Suffocation'
From: GCIDE
- Suffocation \Suf`fo*ca"tion\, n. [L. suffocatio: cf. F. suffocation.] The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking. [1913 Webster]
- Note: The term suffocation is sometimes employed synonymously with asphyxia. In the strict medico-legal sense it signifies asphyxia induced by obstruction of the respiration otherwise than by direct pressure on the neck (hanging, strangulation) or submersion (drowning). --Quain. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suffocation'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abolishment,
- abolition,
- annihilation,
- annulment,
- asphyxia,
- asphyxiation,
- burking,
- choke,
- choking,
- choking off,
- deracination,
- drowning,
- elimination,
- eradication,
- extermination,
- extinction,
- extinguishment,
- extirpation,
- garrote,
- killing,
- liquidation,
- liver death,
- megadeath,
- negation,
- nullification,
- purge,
- rooting out,
- serum death,
- silencing,
- smotheration,
- smothering,
- snuffing out,
- starvation,
- stifling,
- strangling,
- strangulation,
- suppression,
- throttling,
- uprooting,
- violent death,
- voiding,
- watery grave