suffocation 音標拼音: [s
, ʌfək'eʃən]
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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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