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Definition: Suffocation |
SuffocationNoun1. Killing by depriving of oxygen. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "suffocation" was first used: 14th century. (references) |
Etymology: Suffocation \Suf`fo*ca"tion\, noun. [Latin expression suffocatio: compare to the French expression suffocation.]. (references) |
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Note: Wikipedia does not provide medical advice. If you have a medical problem, you should seek expert help.Asphyxia is a condition of severe lack of oxygen supplied to the body. In the absence of remedial action it will very rapidly lead to unconsciousness and death. Asphyxia is the same as suffocation and anoxia.
Asphyxia is a medical emergency.
Causes of asphyxia can include:
Problems during birth can lead to the newborn experiencing asphyxia.
- Crushing or constriction of the chest or abdomen
- Choking
- Drowning
- Strangulation (external constriction of the neck or throat, e.g. by a human or a snake)
- Reduction of the airways due to anaphylaxis or asthma
- Inhalation of vomit
- Positional asphyxia
- Autoerotic asphyxiation
- a seizure which stops breathing activity
Prolonged asphyxia can result in brain damage even when it does not cause death.
See also: hypoxia
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Easily the most plagiarized death metal band, Suffocation fused the predominant rhythmic styles of death and speed metal with grindcore song constructions to start a new subgenre of music, that of Death-Grind(death metal + grindcore). Suffocation are placed amongst peers Immolation, Incantation, and Morpheus (Descends) as being part of a genetic fragment of death metal known as "New York Death Metal" or "NYDM" in the short. The band released a couple of highly-regarded releases on the once death metal powerhouse label "Roadrunner Records", as well as their last EP "Despise The Sun" on a smaller label. Of note is also their debut EP "Human Waste" which was the first offical release on Relapse Records in 1991.Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Suffocation (band)."
Synonym: SuffocationSynonym: asphyxiation (n). (additional references) |
| Context | Synonyms within Context (source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus). |
Assemblage | Adjective: assembled; Verb: closely packed, dense, serried, crowded to suffocation, teeming, swarming, populous; as thick as hops; all of a heap, fasciculated cumulative. |
Death | Euthanasia; break up of the system; natural death, natural decay; sudden death, violent death; untimely end, watery grave; debt of nature; suffocation, asphyxia; fatal disease. (disease); death blow. (killing). |
Killing | Suffocation, strangulation, garrote; hanging. Verb: lapidation. |
| Source: adapted from Roget's Thesaurus. | |
Crosswords: Suffocation |
| English words defined with "suffocation": Apnoea, Asphyxy. (references) |
| Specialty definitions using "suffocation": Dyspnea, Paroxysmal ♦ FIRST-AID ATTENDANT ♦ nurse, first aid. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Suffocation" is also a word in the following language with the English translation in parentheses. French (suffocation). |
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| Thumbnail | Description & Credit | Thumbnail | Description & Credit |
 | Corynebacterium diphtheriae causes Diphtheria that affects the upper respiratory tract, where an inflammatory exudate causes severe obstruction to the breathing airways, and sometimes suffocation. Credit: CDC. |  | Les Hydropathes. : Troisieme Traitment,- Sudation, Transudation et Suffocation! / Ch. Jacque. Credit: National Library of Medicine. |
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| Title | Author | Quote |
Les Miserables | Hugo, Victor | What delight there is in this suffocation! Javert was rejoicing |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | Deliberately inhaling from an attached paper or plastic bag or in a closed area greatly increases the chances of suffocation. (references) | |
These items can potentially come into close contact with the infant's face, impeding ventilation or entrapping the infant's head and causing suffocation. (references) | ||
High concentrations of inhalants also cause death from suffocation by displacing oxygen in the lungs and then in the central nervous system so that breathing ceases. (references) | ||
Human Rights | Uzbekistan | Police also used suffocation, electric shock, rape, and other sexual abuse. (references) |
Georgia | Sturua claimed that he was subjected to torture, including attempted suffocation, electric shocks, and beatings. (references) | |
Congo | A number of prisoners reportedly died of suffocation after guards detained them in overcrowded shipping containers. (references) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| "Suffocation" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 100.00% of the time. "Suffocation" is used about 90 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% | 90 | 34,744 |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hypenated Usage | |
Ending with "suffocation": near-suffocation. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; 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 "suffocation"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | zënie fryme, mbytje (choke, garrotte, glut, stifling, strangulation, submergence, submersion, thuggee, thuggery, wreck, wrecking), asfiksi (asphyxia, asphyxy). (various references) | |
Arabic | خنق (asphyxiate, choke, flummox, garrote, neck, overlay, overpower, sizzle, stifle, strangle, strangulate, strangulation, stultify, suffocate, throttle, throttling, worry), إختناق (strangulation, sultriness). (various references) | |
Bulgarian | удушаване (strangulation, thuggee, thuggery), задух (asthma, constriction, fug, roaring), задушаване (asphyxia, asphyxy, stifling, stranglehold, strangulation). (various references) | |
Czech | zadušení, udušení. (various references) | |
Danish | kvælning (asphyxia, strangulation). (various references) | |
Dutch | suffocatio, suffocatie. (various references) | |
Finnish | tukehdus. (various references) | |
French | suffocation, laminer (suffocate), asphyxie, étouffement (suppression). (various references) | |
German | Erstickung (asphyxia, asphyxiation, strangulation). (various references) | |
Greek | ασφυξία (asphyxia, asphyxiation, choking). (various references) | |
Hebrew | מח ק (choking, stifling, strangulation, sultriness), תש וק (strangulation), ש ק (asphyxia), ח יק" (strangulation), ח ק (asphyxia, garrote, strangulation). (various references) | |
Hungarian | megfulladás (choke, choking, drowning, smothering), fojtás (choke, choking, garrote, wad). (various references) | |
Italian | soffocazione, soffocamento (choke, choking), asfissia (asphyxia, asphyxiation), affogare (asphyxiate, choke, drown, sink, smother, suffocate). (various references) | |
Japanese Kanji | '息. (various references) | |
Japanese Katakana | さ"けつ (lack of oxygen), ちっそく (blocked). (various references) | |
Manx | plooghey (asphyxia, asthma, choke, choking, congest, congestion, cushion, fugginess, glut, inundate, inundation, muffle, restrain, smother, smothering, stifle, suffocate, tamp), plooghane (fumes, stench). (various references) | |
Pig Latin | uffocationsay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | sufocação (choke, strangulation), asfixia (apnea, asphyxy, choke). (various references) | |
Romanian | sufocare (asphyxia), asfixiere, asfixie (asphyxia). (various references) | |
Russian | удушение (asphyxia, asphyxiation, choke, stranglehold, strangulation, thuggee, thuggery). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | zadavljenje, ugušenje (asphyxiation, repression). (various references) | |
Spanish | asfixia (asphyxia, asphyxiation). (various references) | |
Swedish | kvävning (asphyxia, asphyxy, choke). (various references) | |
Thai | การหายใจไม่ออก. (various references) | |
Turkish | bunalma (heaviness), boğulma (asphyxia, asphyxiation, strangulation). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | ядуха (asphyxia, asthma, choke, stifle), задушення (choke, strangle, strangulation). (various references) | |
Vietnamese | sự nghẹt thở. (various references) | |
Welsh | mygfa. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | suffocationem. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "suffocation": suffocations. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "suffocation" (pronounced su'fukā"shun) |
| 7 | -f u k ā" sh u n | falsification, acidification, amplification, certification, classification, codification, decertification, deification, disqualification, diversification, edification, fortification, gasification, gratification, identification, intensification, magnification, modification, notification, nullification, ossification, pacification, personification, pontification, purification, qualification, quantification, ramification, ratification, recertification, reclassification, rectification, reunification, sanctification, saponification, unification, verification, vilification. |
| 6 | -u k ā" sh u n | adjudication, advocation, allocation, application, authentication, avocation, communication, complication, convocation, dedication, desiccation, domestication, duplication, education, equivocation, eradication, excommunication, explication, implication, indication, intoxication, invocation, medication, misallocation, misapplication, miscommunication, multiplication, prefabrication, prognostication, provocation, reallocation, rededication, replication, revocation, vindication. |
| 5 | -k ā" sh u n | abdication, altercation, bifurcation, clarification, confiscation, demarcation, detoxication, detoxification, disembarkation, dislocation, echolocation, electrification, embarkation, evocation, fabrication, gentrification, glorification, indemnification, justification, location, lubrication, misidentification, mummification, obfuscation, publication, relocation, simplification, sophistication, specification, syndication, telecommunication, vacation, vocation. |
| 4 | -ā" sh u n | facilitation, fascination, federation, fermentation, fertilization, fibrillation, figuration, filtration, abrogation, acceleration, acclimation, accommodation, abbreviation, aberration, abomination, accreditation, accumulation, accusation, activation, adaptation, administration, admiration, adoration, adulation, affectation, affiliation, affirmation, agglomeration, aggravation, agitation, alienation, allegation, alleviation, alphabetization, alteration, amalgamation, amelioration, amortization, amputation, animation, annexation, annihilation, annotation, anticipation, antidiscrimination, appellation, appreciation, approbation, appropriation, approximation, arbitration, argumentation, articulation, aspiration, assassination, assimilation, association, augmentation, authorization, automation, aviation, balkanization, calculation, calibration, cancellation, cannibalization, capitalization, capitulation, carnation, castration, categorization, causation, celebration, centralization, cessation, cetacean, characterization, citation, civilization, coagulation, cogeneration, cogitation, cohabitation, collaboration, collectivization, colonization, coloration, colorization, combination, commemoration, commendation, commercialization, communization, compensation, compilation, computation, computerization, concatenation, concentration, conciliation, condemnation, condensation, confabulation, confederation, configuration, confirmation, conflagration, confrontation, conglomeration, congratulation, congregation, conjugation, connotation, consecration, conservation, consideration, consolation, consolidation, constellation, consternation, constipation, consultation, consummation, contamination, contemplation, continuation, conversation, cooperation, coordination, coronation, corporation, correlation, corroboration, creation, cremation, criminalization, crustacean, culmination, cultivation, dalmatian, damnation, decaffeination, decapitation, deceleration, decentralization, declaration, decontamination, decoration, decriminalization, defamation, deflation, deforestation, deformation, degeneration, degradation, dehumanization, dehydration, deinstitutionalization, delegation, deliberation, delineation, demilitarization, demobilization, democratization, demodulation, demonization, demonstration, demoralization, denationalization, denomination, denuclearization, denunciation, depopulation, deportation, depravation, depreciation, depredation, deprivation, deregulation, derivation, desalination, desalinization, desecration, desegregation, designation, desolation, desperation, destabilization, destination, determination, detonation, devaluation, devastation, deviation, dictation, differentiation, dilatation, dilation, discoloration, discontinuation, discrimination, disinclination, disinflation, disinformation, disintegration, disorganization, disorientation, dispensation, disputation, dissemination, dissertation, dissipation, dissociation, distillation, divination, documentation, domination, donation, dramatization, duration, ejaculation, elaboration, elation, elevation, elimination, elongation, emanation, emancipation, emigration, emulation, enumeration, equalization, equitation, escalation, estimation, evacuation, evaluation, evaporation, exacerbation, exaggeration, examination, exasperation, excavation, excitation, exclamation, exfoliation, exhalation, exhilaration, exhortation, exhumation, exoneration, expatriation, expectation, experimentation, expiration, explanation, exploitation, exploration, expropriation, extermination, extrapolation, fixation, flirtation, flotation, fluctuation, fluoridation, foliation, formation, formulation, foundation, fragmentation, frustration, fumigation, gastrulation, generalization, generation, germination, gestation, glaciation, globalization, gradation, graduation, granulation, gravitation, gyration, habitation, hallucination, harmonization, hesitation, hibernation, hospitalization, humiliation, hybridization, hydration, hydrogenation, hyperinflation, illumination, illustration, imagination, imitation, immigration, immunization, impersonation, implantation, implementation, importation, impregnation, improvisation, imputation, inactivation, inauguration, incantation, incapacitation, incarceration, incarnation, inclination, incoordination, incorporation, incrimination, incrustation, incubation, indentation, indexation, indignation, indoctrination, industrialization, infatuation, infestation, infiltration, inflammation, inflation, information, inhabitation, inhalation, initiation, innovation, inoculation, insemination, insinuation, inspiration, installation, instigation, institutionalization, instrumentation, insubordination, insulation, integration, internationalization, interpretation, interrogation, intimation, intimidation, intonation, inundation, invalidation, investigation, invitation, ionization, irradiation, irrigation, irritation, isolation, jubilation, laceration, lactation, legalization, legislation, levitation, liberalization, liberation, libration, ligation, limitation, liquidation, litigation, localization, machination, magnetization, malformation, manifestation, manipulation, marginalization, masturbation, maturation, maximization, mechanization, mediation, meditation, menstruation, migration, mineralization, miniaturization, ministration, misappropriation, miscalculation, mischaracterization, miscreation, misinformation, misinterpretation, misrepresentation, mitigation, mobilization, moderation, modernization, modulation, molestation, monopolization, motivation, mutation, mutilation, narration, nation, nationalization, naturalization, navigation, negation, negotiation, neutralization, nitration, nomination, nondiscrimination, nonproliferation, normalization, notation, nucleation, obligation, observation, occupation, operation, optimization, oration, orchestration, ordination, organisation, organization, orientation, origination, ornamentation, oscillation, ostentation, ovation, overpopulation, overregulation, overvaluation, ovulation, oxidation, pagination, palpitation, participation, pasteurization, penetration, perforation, permutation, perpetuation, personalization, perspiration, perturbation, pigmentation, plantation, polarization, politicization, pollination, popularization, population, precipitation, predestination, premeditation, preoccupation, preparation, presentation, preservation, pressurization, privation, privatization, probation, proclamation, procrastination, procreation, profanation, proliferation, pronunciation, propagation, proration, prostration, protestation, punctuation, quotation, radiation, radicalization, rationalization, reaffirmation, realization, reauthorization, recalculation, recantation, recapitalization, recitation, reclamation, recommendation, reconciliation, reconfiguration, reconfirmation, reconsideration, recreation, recrimination, recuperation, redecoration, reevaluation, reexamination, reflation, reforestation, reformation, refrigeration, refutation, regeneration, regimentation, registration, regulation, rehabilitation, rehydration, reincarnation, reincorporation, reinterpretation, reinvigoration, reiteration, rejuvenation, relation, relaxation, remediation, remuneration, renationalization, renegotiation, renomination, renovation, renunciation, reorganization, reparation, repatriation, representation, repudiation, reputation, reregulation, reservation, resignation, respiration, restoration, resuscitation, retaliation, retardation, revaluation, revelation, reverberation, revitalization, rotation, rumination, salvation, sanitation, saturation, securitization, sedation, sedimentation, segmentation, segregation, sensation, separation, sequestration, simulation, situation, socialization, solicitation, specialization, speculation, stabilization, stagflation, stagnation, standardization, starvation, station, sterilization, stimulation, stipulation, strangulation, subluxation, subordination, subsidization, substantiation, suburbanization, summation, superstation, tabulation, taxation, temptation, termination, titillation, toleration, transformation, transillumination, translation, transplantation, transportation, trepidation, triangulation, tribulation, undervaluation, unionization, urbanization, usurpation, utilization, vaccination, vacillation, validation, valuation, vaporization, variation, vegetation, ventilation, vibration, victimization, violation, visitation, visualization, vulgarization, westernization. |
| 3 | -sh u n | faction, fashion, fiction, fission, absolution, absorption, abstraction, academician, accession, abduction, abolition, abortion, accretion, acquisition, action, addiction, addition, admission, admonition, adoption, advection, affection, affliction, aggression, alliteration, alternation, ambition, ammunition, antiabortion, anticorruption, apparition, apportion, apprehension, ascension, ashen, assertion, assumption, attention, attraction, attribution, attrition, auction, audition, beautician, benediction, brutalization, caption, carburetion, caution, circulation, circumspection, clinician, coalition, coercion, cognition, collection, commission, commotion, compassion, competition, completion, complexion, composition, comprehension, compression, compulsion, compunction, conception, conceptualization, concession, concoction, concussion, condescension, condition, conduction, confection, confession, conjunction, connection, conniption, conscription, constitution, constriction, construction, consumption, contention, contortion, contraception, contraction, contradiction, contraption, contribution, contrition, convection, convention, conviction, convolution, convulsion, correction, corruption, counterrevolution, crucifixion, cushion, deception, decimation, decommission, decomposition, decompression, deconstruction, deduction, defection, definition, deletion, demolition, demotion, dentition, depiction, depletion, deposition, depression, dereliction, description, desertion, destitution, destruction, detection, detention, deterioration, devolution, devotion, diction, dietitian, diffraction, digression, dilution, dimension, diminution, direction, disaffection, disconnection, discretion, discussion, disinfection, disposition, disruption, dissatisfaction, dissection, dissension, dissolution, distinction, distortion, distraction, distribution, dysfunction, edition, egyptian, ejection, election, electrician, electrocution, elocution, emission, emotion, emulsion, encryption, erection, erudition, eruption, eviction, evolution, exaction, exception, excoriation, excretion, execution, exemption, exertion, exhibition, expansion, expedition, exposition, expression, expulsion, extension, extinction, extortion, extraction, extradition, flexion, formalization, fraction, freshen, friction, fruition, function, gentian, geriatrician, gumption, hessian, homogenization, hypertension, hypotension, ignition, impassion, imperfection, imposition, impression, inaction, inception, incineration, indiscretion, induction, infarction, infection, inflection, infliction, infraction, inhibition, injection, injunction, inquisition, inscription, insertion, inspection, institution, instruction, insurrection, interaction, interception, intercession, interconnection, interdiction, interjection, intermission, interruption, intersection, introduction, introspection, intuition, invention, junction, jurisdiction, juxtaposition, lilliputian, liposuction, liquefaction, locomotion, logician, lotion, magician, malfunction, malnutrition, mansion, martian, mathematician, mention, midsection, misapprehension, misconception, misimpression, misperception, mission, mortician, motion, munition, musician, nonaggression, nonfiction, nonprescription, notion, nutrition, objection, obsession, obstetrician, obstruction, ocean, omission, opposition, oppression, optician, option, overconsumption, overexpansion, overproduction, overprotection, overreaction, oversimplification, partition, passion, patrician, pediatrician, pension, perception, percussion, perfection, permission, persecution, petition, physician, politician, pollution, portion, position, possession, potion, precaution, precession, preconception, precondition, prediction, predilection, predisposition, preelection, preemption, preignition, premonition, prescription, presumption, presupposition, pretension, prevention, procession, production, profession, progression, prohibition, projection, promotion, proportion, proposition, propulsion, proscription, prosecution, prostitution, protection, ration, reaction, reassertion, reception, recession, recognition, recollection, recondition, reconstruction, redefinition, redemption, redirection, redistribution, reduction, reeducation, reelection, reflection, regression, reimposition, reinspection, reintegration, reintroduction, reinvention, rejection, remission, rendition, repercussion, repetition, reposition, repossession, repression, reproduction, requisition, resolution, restitution, restriction, resumption, resurrection, retention, retraction, retransmission, retribution, revolution, revulsion, rhetorician, sanction, satisfaction, secession, secretion, section, sedition, seduction, selection, session, solution, statistician, submission, subscription, subsection, substation, substitution, subtraction, succession, suction, superstition, supposition, suppression, suspension, suspicion, syncopation, tactician, technician, tension, theoretician, titian, traction, tradition, transaction, transcription, transection, transgression, transition, transmission, tuition, venetian, volition, workstation. |
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Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-f-f-i-n-o-o-s-t-u" | |
-3 letters: affusion, auctions, cautions, factions, factious, finfoots. | |
-4 letters: acinous, actions, atonics, auction, castoff, cations, caution, coffins, conatus, confits, cutoffs, faction, finfoot, fustian, offcast, offcuts, suction, toucans. | |
-5 letters: acinus, actins, action, antics, atonic, cantos, cantus, casino, cation, coatis, coffin, coitus, confit, contos, cotans, counts, cousin, cutins, cutoff, faints, fiasco, foison, founts, fusain, fusion, fustic, futons. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-c-f-f-i-n-o-o-s-t-u" | |
+1 letter: suffocations. | |
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