1. The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
   "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
   - suffocation 
2. Killing by depriving of oxygen
   - suffocation

Derived forms: asphyxiations

See also: asphyxiate

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

Encyclopedia: Asphyxiation

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