(uncountable) Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.

plural of suffocation

(ergative) To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body. / (ergative) To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.

(obsolete) Suffocated; choked.

present participle of suffocate

suffocation

simple past tense and past participle of suffocate

Having died as a result of suffocation.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of suffocate

One who suffocates (themself or another)