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Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) suffocation, asphyxiation
killing by depriving of oxygen

2. (noun) suffocation, asphyxiation
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
"asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"

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Webster Dictionary

1. (noun) suffocation
the act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking

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