What Does Suffiction Mean?

1 : to become suffocated: a(1) : to die from being unable to breathe. (2) : to die from lack of oxygen.

Does suffocation mean death?

This is a word for dying from lack of oxygen. ... Asphyxiation, also known as suffocation, means to die from lack of oxygen.

What type of word is suffocation?

verb (used with object), suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing. to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle. to impede the respiration of.