Definition of Suffocation

Noun: suffocation  ,sú-fu'key-shun

  1. Killing by depriving of oxygen
    - asphyxiation
     
  2. The condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
    "suffocation is sometimes used as a form of torture";
    - asphyxiation

See also:
suffocatingly
suffocations