"asphyxiation" in the noun sense
1. suffocation, asphyxiation
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped
"asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
2. suffocation, asphyxiation
killing by depriving of oxygen
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