My best friend died of asphyxiation.
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Asphyxiation
//æsfɪksiˈeɪʃən//
Synonyms for "asphyxiation" (93 found)
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4 entriesTranslations
16 translations across 11 languages.
Dutch
1 entries- verstikking noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
Finnish
2 entries- tukehtuminen noun (an acute lack of oxygen)
- tukehtumiskuolema noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
French
1 entries- asphyxie noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
German
2 entries- Erstickung noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
- Sauerstoffmangel noun (an acute lack of oxygen)
Hungarian
3 entries- fuldoklás noun (an acute lack of oxygen)
- fulladás noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
- megfulladás noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
Irish
1 entries- plúchadh noun (an acute lack of oxygen)
Māori
1 entries- whakahēmanawatanga noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
Norwegian
1 entries- oksygenmangel noun (an acute lack of oxygen)
Slovene
1 entries- zadušitev noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
Spanish
2 entries- asfixia noun (death due to lack of oxygen)
- asfixia noun (an acute lack of oxygen)
Swedish
1 entries- kvävning noun (an acute lack of oxygen)
Sample sentences
9 total sentences available.
Dan died of asphyxiation.
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Tom died from asphyxiation.
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Tom died of asphyxiation.
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