asphyxiation

noun

as·phyx·i·ation as-ˌfik-sē-ˈā-shən

əs-

: deprivation of oxygen that can result in unconsciousness and often death : an act of asphyxiating a person or animal or a state of asphyxia : suffocation

The autopsy showed that the cause of death was asphyxiation.

Pliny the Elder did not die of falling pumice, but of asphyxiation, as he breathed noxious fumes from the eruption.—

Sidney Perkowitz

Asphyxiation at birth caused permanent impairment of his nerve-signaling system …—

Ann Geracimos

In rats, mice, and rabbits ciguatera poison causes death by asphyxiation.—

Kwang-ming Li

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Sammy died by suicide, the coroner’s office said, ruling his death via asphyxiation. —

Sarah Nelson, The Indianapolis Star, 17 Dec. 2024 The medical examiner who performed Neely’s autopsy listed his cause of death as asphyxiation due to the chokehold. —

Brady Knox, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Dec. 2024 Dunne's cause of death was recorded as strangulation and asphyxiation. —

Matt Robison, Newsweek, 21 Nov. 2024 Characters and puppets bearing the signs of their demise are seen with shrunken heads, sickly-colored or blue from asphyxiation or other ailments and even sawn in half with different body parts operating separately. —

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