suffocation
pronunciation
How to pronounce suffocation in British English:
UK [ˌsʌfə'keɪʃn]
How to pronounce suffocation in American English:
US [ˌsʌfə'keɪʃn]
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- Noun:
- killing by depriving of oxygen
- the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
Word Origin
- suffocation (n.)
- late 14c., from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocationem (nominative suffocatio) "a choking, stifling," noun of action from past participle stem of suffocare "suffocate, throttle, stifle, strangle," originally "to narrow up," from sub "up (from under)" (see sub-) + fauces (plural) "throat, narrow entrance" (see faucet).
Example
- 1. Those parents haven 't had a child come close to suffocation .
- 2. Lawyers had been found to say it was ok to simulate suffocation .
- 3. They died instantly of thermal shock , not from slow suffocation as scientists long assumed .
- 4. The trouble is that the only alternative to a heart attack seems to be slow suffocation .
- 5. Compared with other options , such as suffocation , perhaps it was .