asphyxiation
noun
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture
Types & categories
- hypoxia hypernym
Related & opposite
- choke derivation
- asphyxiate derivation
- suffocate derivation
- suffocate derivation
Sense 2 noun
killing by depriving of oxygen
Types & categories
- kill hypernym
- strangling hyponym
Related & opposite
- asphyxiate derivation
- suffocate derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | choke |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphyxiate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suffocate |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | suffocate |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | hypoxia |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | asphyxiate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | suffocate |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | kill |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | strangling |