"suffocations" in the noun sense
1. suffocation, asphyxiation
killing by depriving of oxygen
2. suffocation, asphyxiation
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped
"asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
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