The action or process of stopping respiration by compression of the air-passage, esp. by a sudden and violent compression of the windpipe; the…

The action of stifle, v.1; suffocating, smothering, suppressing, etc.; †numbing; †strangulation.

transferred and figurative.

The action of throttle, v. (in various senses); an instance of this.

The action of throttling or fact of being throttled; asphyxiation, choking; an instance of this. Also in plural with the: an ailment…

The condition of suspended animation produced by a deficiency of oxygen in the blood; suffocation. Also figurative.

= asphyxia, n.

The action of smothering; the state or condition of being smothered; suffocation.

The action of producing asphyxia or condition of being asphyxiated; suffocation.

Asphyxiation, suffocation.

E. Goodwyn's name for: asphyxia (from the dark colour of unoxygenated blood).