suffocation — قاموس الإنجليزية

اسم

1. 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.

   الاستعمال

   • غير معدود

   أمثلة

   A child left unattended may die of suffocation.

   أمثلة إضافية (1)

   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.

2. A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia.

   الاستعمال

   • معدود

   أمثلة

   The coroner reported three suffocations last week.

اسم

1. killing by depriving of oxygen

   مرادفات

   asphyxiation

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   killingkillputting to death

2. the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)

   مرادفات

   asphyxiation

   مصطلحات أعمّ

   hypoxia

   أمثلة

   asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture