1. Killing by depriving of oxygen
   - asphyxiation 
2. The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
   - asphyxiation

Derived forms: suffocations

See also: suffocate

Type of: hypoxia, kill, killing, putting to death

Encyclopedia: Suffocation

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