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Definition: Asphyxiation |
AsphyxiationNoun1. Killing by depriving of oxygen. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "asphyxiation" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1913. (references) |
Synonym: AsphyxiationSynonym: suffocation (n). (additional references) |
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Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Asphyxiation."
Crosswords: Asphyxiation |
| Specialty definitions using "asphyxiation": avian infectious laryngotracheitis ♦ FIRST-AID ATTENDANT ♦ infectious laryngo-tracheitis, infectious laryngotracheitis of fowls ♦ nurse, first aid. (references) |
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Screenplays | You know, it's at times like this, when I'm stuck in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelgeuse, about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was young. (The Hitch Hikers Guide to the Galaxy; writing credit: Douglas Adams; John Lloyd) I find it odd to be experiencing such feelings of joy in association with a book that is principally a devastating account of spiritual asphyxiation. (The Daytrippers; writing credit: Greg Mottola) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Title | Author | Quote |
The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy | Douglas Adams | "It's at times like this, when I'm stuck in a Vogon airlock with a man from Betelegeuse about to die of asphyxiation in deep space, that I really wish I'd listened to what my mother told me when I was little." |
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Human Rights | Uzbekistan | The most common torture techniques were beating, often with blunt weapons, and asphyxiation with a gas mask. (references) |
Bulgaria | In November 2000, Dimitur Dimitrov, a conscript soldier, died of asphyxiation while running laps wearing a gas mask. (references) | |
Bolivia | On February 17, Richard Cordoba died as a result of asphyxiation through hanging while in police custody in Cochabamba. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Asphyxiation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Asphyxiation" is used about 21 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 100% | 21 | 76,261 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Language | Translations for "asphyxiation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Chinese | çª'æ¯ (Asphyxiate, Asphyxiated, asphyxiating, smother, smothered, smothering, suffocate, Suffocated, suffocating). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Danish | asphyxation (soil asphyxiation), det at blive vandlidende (soil asphyxiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dutch | bodemvernatting (soil asphyxiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Finnish | maan ylikyllästys (soil asphyxiation), maan anaerobisuus (soil asphyxiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
French | asphyxie du sol (soil asphyxiation), état d'anaérobiose (soil asphyxiation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
German | Erstickung (asphyxia, strangulation, suffocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Greek | πνιγμόσ διά ασφυξίασ, ασφυξία (asphyxia, choking, suffocation). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hungarian | fulladás (asphyxia, asphyxy, choking, drowning, smothering). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Italian | asfissia (asphyxia). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Kanji | ä»®æ» (apparent death). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Japanese Katakana | ã‹ã— (apparent death, being granted, blemish, defect, evergreen oak, Fahrenheit, false tooth, filament, fish market, flaw, granting, imperial grant, lending, loan, lower extremities, noncommissioned officer, pastry, river bank, riverside, song lyrics, the legs, visibility, words of a song). (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Pig Latin | asphyxiationay asfixia do solo (soil asphyxiation). (various references) удушение (asphyxia, choke, stranglehold, strangulation, suffocation, thuggee, thuggery). (various references) zagušenje (asphyxia, asphyxy), ugušenje (repression, suffocation). (various references) asfixia (asphyxia, suffocation). (various references) anaerobt tillstånd (soil asphyxiation), vattensjuka (soil asphyxiation). (various references) oksijensiz kalma, nefes alamama, boğulma (asphyxia, strangulation, suffocation). (various references) sự là m ngạt. (various references) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "asphyxiation": asphyxiations. (additional references) | |
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"Asphyxiation" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: asfixiation, asphixiation, asphxiation, asphyixiation, asphyxiatio, asphyxiotion, esphyxiation. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "asphyxiation" (pronounced 'As*phyx`i*a"tion'): Abacination, Abaction, Abalienation, Abarticulation, Abbreviation, Abdication, Abduction, Aberration, Abevacuation, Abirritation, Abjection, Abjudication, Abjuration, Ablactation, Ablaqueation, Ablation, Ablegation, Abligurition, Abnegation, Abnodation, Abolition, Abomination, Abortion, Abreaction, Abrenunciation, Abreption, Abrogation, Abruption, Absentation, Absolution, Absorbition, Absorption, Abstention, Abstraction, Absumption, Accentuation, Acceptation, Acceptilation, Acception, Acclimatation, Acclimation, Acclimatization, Accombination, Accommodation, Accreditation, Accrementition, Accretion, Accubation, Accusation, Acervation. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-a-h-i-i-n-o-p-s-t-x-y" | |
-3 letters: hypotaxis. | |
-4 letters: antiship, aphonias, asphyxia, hospitia, hypoxias, phantasy. | |
-5 letters: anopias, anopsia, anoxias, aphonia, hatpins, hypoxia, paisano, pastina, patinas, phytons, pianist, pinatas, piosity, pixyish, pythons, shaitan, sinopia, tahinis, taipans, typhons. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-a-h-i-i-n-o-p-s-t-x-y" | |
+1 letter: asphyxiations. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)41 73 70 68 79 78 69 61 74 69 6F 6E |
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Morse Code (1836) (references).- ... .--. .... -.--. -..- .. .- - .. --- -. |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01000001 01110011 01110000 01101000 01111001 01111000 01101001 01100001 01110100 01101001 01101111 01101110 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)A s p h y x i a t i o n |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0041 0073 0070 0068 0079 0078 0069 0061 0074 0069 006F 006E |
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)358582749190756786758180 |
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