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Synonyms for asphyxiation
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Princeton's WordNet1.0 / 1 vote

  1. suffocation, asphyxiationnoun

    the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)

    "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"

    Synonyms:
    suffocation

  2. suffocation, asphyxiationnoun

    killing by depriving of oxygen

    Synonyms:
    suffocation

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PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "asphyxiation":

    asphyxia, suffocation, choking, strangulation, suffocating

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#26750choking
#56694suffocation
#68828suffocating
#86904strangulation
#89056asphyxia
#96406asphyxiation

How to use asphyxiation in a sentence?

  1. Dan Field:

    Unlikely, just by the numbers, unlikely to be erotic asphyxiation.

  2. Guohua Li:

    Injury deaths in autistic adults are disproportionately due to asphyxiation and suffocation, and injury deaths in autistic children are much more likely caused by drowning, autistic children aged 14 years and younger are 40 times more likely to die from injury than the general pediatric population.

  3. Tim Edwards:

    Positional asphyxiation is what we believe was the most likely cause of death.

  4. Ilias Tiganis:

    My conscience is clear, it is the best we could achieve under the current balance of power in Europe, under conditions of economic and financial asphyxiation imposed upon us.


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