Suffocation (Noun)
Meaning 1
Killing by depriving of oxygen.
Classification
Nouns denoting acts or actions.
Examples
- The victim's death was ruled a homicide due to suffocation, with evidence of a pillow being used to block their airway.
- The murderer's method of choice was suffocation, using a plastic bag to slowly deprive their victims of oxygen.
- The autopsy revealed that the cause of death was suffocation, likely due to the victim being buried alive.
- The police investigation found that the killer had used a combination of restraints and a gag to achieve suffocation, rendering the victim unable to breathe.
- The coroner's report concluded that the infant's death was accidental suffocation, caused by being trapped between the mattress and the wall of the crib.
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Meaning 2
The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); "asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture".
Classification
Nouns denoting natural processes.