suffocation
suh fuh kay shuhn
- n killing by depriving of oxygen
- n the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
- In short, Lake Erie is in danger of dying by suffocation.
- According to a coroner's preliminary report, they had died of suffocation.
- Now based in Miami, he writes columns and has published numerous books about issues like immigration (his latest is Dying to Cross, a wrenching account of the suffocation deaths in .