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suffocation
(encz) | suffocation,zadušení n: Zdeněk Brož |
Suffocation
(gcide) | 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] |
suffocation
(wn) | suffocation
n 1: killing by depriving of oxygen [syn: suffocation,
asphyxiation]
2: the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having
breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form
of torture" [syn: suffocation, asphyxiation] |
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