Warning! Risk of suffocation. To avoid danger don't keep it near babies.
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Suffocation
Synonyms for "suffocation" (52 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (11)
Noun(5 words)
Strong matches (15)
Related words (26)
liquidationliver deathmegadeathnegationnullificationpurgerooting outserum deathsilencingsmotherationsmotheringsnuffing outstarvationstiflingstranglingstrangulationsuppressionthrottlinguprootingviolent death
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voidingwatery grave
Noun(4 words)
Related word relations
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More general
12 entriesMore specific
9 entriesairway obstructionbureaucratic suffocationchokingcrowded environmenthypoventilationnear suffocationpartial airway obstructionsmotheringstifling climate
Collocations
6 entriesair deprivationasphyxiation risknear suffocationrisk of suffocationsuffocation hazardsuffocation risk
Inflections
1 entriesDerivations
5 entriesTranslations
18 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
1 entries- задушаване noun (asphyxia)
Danish
1 entries- kvælning noun (asphyxia)
Dutch
1 entries- verstikking noun (asphyxia)
Egyptian
1 entries- i-tm-m-W-nDs:Z2 noun (asphyxia)
French
1 entries- suffocation noun (asphyxia)
German
1 entries- Erstickung noun (asphyxia)
Greek
3 entries- πνίξιμο noun (asphyxia)
- πνιγμονή noun (asphyxia)
- πνιγμοσύνη noun (asphyxia)
Hungarian
1 entries- fulladás noun (asphyxia)
Irish
2 entries- múchadh noun (asphyxia)
- plúchadh noun (asphyxia)
Italian
1 entries- soffocazione noun (asphyxia)
Latin
1 entries- suffocatio noun (asphyxia)
Norman
1 entries- suffocâtion noun (asphyxia)
Russian
2 entries- уду́шье noun (asphyxia)
- удуше́ние noun (asphyxia)
Swedish
1 entries- kvävning noun (asphyxia)
Sample sentences
4 total sentences available.
A child left unattended may die of suffocation.
Source: wiktionary
The moon, directly opposite, flung into the room a long and tremulous line of light, which fell on Guido's face, as he reclined on the pillows which supported his head; he needed the support, for a feeling of suffocation was his constant complaint.
Source: wiktionary
The coroner reported three suffocations last week.
Source: wiktionary