suffocation

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C2 — Proficiency

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. noun killing by depriving of oxygen
  2. noun the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English suffocation, suffocacioun, from Middle French suffocation, from Latin suffocatio.

In classic literature

Synonyms

asphyxiation

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