suffocation

Definition von suffocation im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch: 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
A child left unattended may die of suffocation.; A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia
The coroner reported three suffocations last week.; {n} the act of choking or smothering; the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); killing by depriving of oxygen; {i} act of suffocating, act of killing by cutting of the oxygen supply; death caused by a lack of air or oxygen; killing by depriving of oxygen the condition of being derprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); asphyxia; The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking
suffocate: To die due to insufficient oxygen supply to the body
suffocate: To kill a person or creature by depriving it of sufficient oxygen intake
suffocate: To suffer from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body
suffocate: To make weary with excessive and prolonged contact, as though depriving of oxygen
suffocate: To cause someone to suffer severely reduced oxygen supply to his body
suffocate: struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
suffocate: {v} to choke, stifle, smother, kill
suffocate: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating" be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him" become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village" impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
suffocate: suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
suffocate: To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire
suffocate: If someone suffocates or is suffocated, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. He either suffocated, or froze to death They were suffocated as they slept. + suffocation suf·fo·ca·tion Many of the victims died of suffocation
suffocate: To be overwhelmed by a person or issue, surrounded as though being deprived of oxygen
suffocate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
suffocate: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
suffocate: You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating The governor's proposals would actually cost millions of jobs and suffocate the economy
suffocate: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
suffocate: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
suffocate: To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother
suffocate: Suffocated; choked
suffocate: become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
suffocate: feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
suffocate: To cause someone to suffer severly reduced oxygen supply to his body
suffocate: If you say that you are suffocating or that something is suffocating you, you mean that you feel very uncomfortable because there is not enough fresh air and it is difficult to breathe. That's better. I was suffocating in that cell of a room The airlessness of the room suffocated her
suffocate: To become choked, stifled, or smothered
suffocate: {f} smother, asphyxiate, kill by cutting of the oxygen supply; make it difficult to breathe; cause discomfort by cutting of the supply of fresh or cool air; stifle; be smothered