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English Dictionary: asphyxiation by the DICT Development Group
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From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
asphyxiation
n
  1. the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
    Synonym(s): suffocation, asphyxiation
  2. killing by depriving of oxygen
    Synonym(s): suffocation, asphyxiation
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
   Asphyxiation \As*phyx`i*a"tion\, n.
      The act of causing asphyxia; a state of asphyxia.
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