smotherationn.
/smʌðəˈreɪʃən/ 1. The action of smothering; the state or condition of being smothered; suffocation.
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the world > life > death > manner of death > [noun] > death from suffocation or choking
strangulation1542
stifling1548
suffocation1567
throttling1599
throttle1622
asphyxia1778
asphyxy1784
smotheration1826
asphyxiation1866
asphyxiating1872
melanaema1892
the world > life > death > killing > killing by specific method > [noun] > smothering or suffocation
smoringc1440
suffocating1621
stifling1711
choking1803
smotheration1826
overlying1891
1826 J. Wilson in Blackwood's Mag. 19 242 Nor shall we ever forget our horror on being within an ace of smotheration in the cellar.
1840 New Monthly Mag. 60 235 Accidental death, by natural smotheration in the snow.
1882 W. M. Williams Sci. in Short Chapters 360 To return the carbonic acid..to the already suffocated fire can only add smother to smotheration.
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2. U.S. ‘A sailor's dish of beef and pork smothered with potatoes’ ( Cent. Dict.).
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