Definitions for suffocation



Overview of noun suffocation

The noun suffocation has 2 senses? (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (1) suffocation, asphyxiation

(killing by depriving of oxygen)

2. suffocation, asphyxiation

(the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture")

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