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suffocation 音標拼音: [s ,ʌfək'eʃən] n. 窒息 窒息 suffocation n 1: killing by depriving of oxygen [ synonym: { suffocation}, { asphyxiation}] 2: the condition of being deprived of oxygen ( as by having breathing stopped); " asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture" [ synonym: { suffocation}, { asphyxiation}] 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] 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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