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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 [gcide]:
Suffocation \Suf'fo*ca"tion\, noun [L. suffocatio: cf. F. suffocation.] The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.
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.
From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:
suffocation
noun
1: killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: {asphyxiation}]
2: the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) [syn: {asphyxiation}]
From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 [moby-thes]:
42 Moby Thesaurus words for "suffocation": 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
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