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suffocation

suffocation noun: asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.

Noun

suffocation (countable and uncountable, plural suffocations)

  1. (uncountable) Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
    • A child left unattended may die of suffocation.
    • The moon, directly opposite, flung into the room a long and tremulous line of light, which fell on Guido's face, as he reclined on the pillows which supported his head; he needed the support, for a feeling of suffocation was his constant complaint.1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter XXIX, in Francesca Carrara. […], volume II, London: Richard Bentley, […], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 302
  2. (countable) A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.
    • The coroner reported three suffocations last week.

suffocation meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Malayalam

suffocation in Tamil

மூச்சுத் திணறல், மூச்சுத்திணறல், மூச்சடைப்பு, மூச்சுகத்தடை

suffocation in Urdu

گھٹن, حبس

suffocation in Bengali

শ্বাসরোধ, দমবন্ধ অবস্থা

suffocation in Malayalam

ശ്വാസംമുട്ടിക്കൽ, ശ്വാസംമുട്ടൽ
More languagesFewer languages
suffocation in Kannada
ಉಸಿರುಕಟ್ಟು, ಉಸಿರುಗಟ್ಟು

Synonyms of suffocation

Forms of suffocation

pluralsuffocations

Origin of suffocation

Inherited from Middle English suffocation, suffocacioun, from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocatio.

Words formed from suffocation

Phrases with suffocation

Questions about suffocation

What does suffocation mean?
Suffocation means asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.
What is suffocation in Tamil?
Suffocation in Tamil is மூச்சுத் திணறல், மூச்சுத்திணறல், மூச்சடைப்பு. See Suffocation meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is suffocation?
Suffocation is a noun.
What is the plural of suffocation?
The plural of suffocation is suffocations.

Words near suffocation in the dictionary

  1. suffocates
  2. suffocateth
  3. suffocating
  4. suffocatingly
  5. suffocatings
  6. suffocation
  7. suffocation mate
  8. suffocation mates
  9. suffocations
  10. suffocative
  11. suffocator

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Adapted from Wiktionary: suffocation (page history and authors); suffocation (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suffocation (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suffocation (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suffocation (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suffocation (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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