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asphyxiation

[as-fik-see-eyt]

verb (used with object)

to produce asphyxia in.

to cause to die or lose consciousness by impairing normal breathing, as by gas or other noxious agents; choke; suffocate; smother.

verb (used without object)

to become asphyxiated.

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Origin:
1830–40; asphyxi(a) + -ate¹

Related forms

as·phyx·i·a·tion, noun

as·phyx·i·a·tor, noun

Can be confused: asphyxia, asphyxiation.

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The preliminary cause of death listed by the medical examiner's office was asphyxiation.

Three people inside died from asphyxiation and four others were badly injured.

Some studies suggest that prisoners are sometimes inadequately sedated, and perhaps die in silent agony from asphyxiation.

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The preliminary cause of death listed by the medical examiner's office was asphyxiation.

Three people inside died from asphyxiation and four others were badly injured.

Some studies suggest that prisoners are sometimes inadequately sedated, and perhaps die in silent agony from asphyxiation.

It does pose an asphyxiation and explosion hazard in confined spaces.

Methane doesn't make water undrinkable--but the gas can cause asphyxiation or explosions in confined spaces.

Most culling methods involve nets and cage traps in the busiest areas and then asphyxiation with carbon dioxide.

Milletich said the victim died of asphyxiation but said it was not known what cut off.

The official cause of death was given as asphyxiation.

The medical examiner said the cause of death was asphyxiation.

The preliminary finding of the cause of death was asphyxiation.

Pereira did not die of drug abuse but of asphyxiation caused by force applied to the neck or chest.

The medical examiner said the baby had died of asphyxiation and drowning.

Payne died of asphyxiation by hanging, and that depression caused by a liver illness was a possible cause.

Corless said, and asphyxiation appeared to be the cause of death.

The coroner's report said he died of asphyxiation caused by a prolonged bending of the neck.

Venegas had died of asphyxiation after his throat was crushed.

The police said an autopsy showed she died of asphyxiation and blows to.

Three of the children died of asphyxiation at the scene, one was pronounced dead at a hospital and the fifth died today.

The coroner ruled the death an asphyxiation by strangulation.

Then come gastrointestinal spasms, vomiting, convulsions and finally death by asphyxiation.

Those who died suffered from asphyxiation and heatstroke, health officials here said.

She was found to have died by asphyxiation by compression of the neck and occlusion of the nose and mouth.

The police ruled his death a suicide caused by carbon-monoxide asphyxiation.

Autopsies of seventeen victims showed that they had died from asphyxiation by inhaled ash.

Without the signals, the muscles go slack, leading to asphyxiation.

The result is a slow asphyxiation for any living thing in that body of water.

Severe asphyxiation can be rapidly life-threatening.

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World English Dictionary

asphyxiate (æsˈfɪksɪˌeɪt)

—vb
	to cause asphyxia in or undergo asphyxia; smother; suffocate

asphyxi'ation

—n

as'phyxiator

—n

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Word Origin & History

asphyxiate

1836, "to suffocate" (someone or something), from Mod.L. asphyxia, from Gk. asphyxia (see asphyxia)

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asphyxiation

1866, noun of action from asphyxiate (q.v.).

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Medical Dictionary

asphyxiate as·phyx·i·ate (ās-fĭk'sē-āt')
v. as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing, as·phyx·i·ates
To induce asphyxia.

as·phyx'i·a'tion n.

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