Asphyxiation is an English word with synonyms like suffocation or hypoxia. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.
Asphyxiation meaning
- Death due to lack of oxygen.
- An acute lack of oxygen.
Synonyms of Asphyxiation
Using Asphyxiation
- The main meaning on this page is: Death due to lack of oxygen. | An acute lack of oxygen.
- Useful related words include: suffocation, hypoxia, killing, kill.
- In the example corpus, asphyxiation often appears in combinations such as: of asphyxiation, by asphyxiation, asphyxiation and.
Context around Asphyxiation
- Average sentence length in these examples: 21.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 3 middle, 17 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Asphyxiation
- In this selection, "asphyxiation" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 21.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, positional and economic stand out and add context to how "asphyxiation" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include died from asphyxiation and 2022 of asphyxiation. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "asphyxiation" sits close to words such as aapl, aaryan and absolved, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with asphyxiation
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Their coroner's report said they died from asphyxiation. (9 words)
He ruled that the baby was born alive and died from asphyxiation. (12 words)
A medical cause of death suggested by the examination was asphyxiation by hanging. (13 words)
Forensic pathologist Garth Warren, who conducted the autopsies on the two children, revealed that JJ died by asphyxiation with multiple layers of plastic bags wrapped around the little boy’s head and duct tape over his mouth. (37 words)
During his speech at the annual meeting of the Institute of Information and Communication, the president denounced the policy of economic asphyxiation and media intoxication encouraged from South Florida and with the complicity of the White House. (37 words)
During a dubious game of hide and seek she induced her boyfriend to be zipped up within a suitcase—and there she left him, to die of asphyxiation and panic. (30 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to inmates’ expert witnesses, midazolam has been said to sensations of doom, panic, drowning and asphyxiation.
A medical cause of death suggested by the examination was asphyxiation by hanging.
Doctors say the device can put the inmate in a physical position that restricts breathing and lead to positional asphyxiation.
Forensic examinations revealed that both girls died of asphyxiation and although that investigation is ongoing, in August Pispirigou was charged with those deaths as well.
Forensic pathologist Garth Warren, who conducted the autopsies on the two children, revealed that JJ died by asphyxiation with multiple layers of plastic bags wrapped around the little boy’s head and duct tape over his mouth.
Forensic post-mortem examinations found that all three died as a result of asphyxiation.
He ruled that the baby was born alive and died from asphyxiation.
In an attempt to subdue his pet pit bull the owner tied a leash around its mouth unintentionally causing it to die of asphyxiation.
Last month, Albuquerque police an investigation into how they handled the case of a seven-month-old baby who died in 2022 of asphyxiation.
On the first day of Lori Daybell’s trial, it was revealed publicly that Tammy Daybell died from asphyxiation.
Police first deemed the death natural but now claim it could have been caused by asphyxiation.
Tammy died one month after their disappearance in October 2019 and her death was later ruled a homicide by asphyxiation.
Their coroner's report said they died from asphyxiation.
While many people died of starvation in the forest, government pathologists have said that others also died of asphyxiation and strangulation.
During a dubious game of hide and seek she induced her boyfriend to be zipped up within a suitcase—and there she left him, to die of asphyxiation and panic.
During his speech at the annual meeting of the Institute of Information and Communication, the president denounced the policy of economic asphyxiation and media intoxication encouraged from South Florida and with the complicity of the White House.
He'd been beaten and bludgeoned around the back of the head and was left to slowly suffocate, with the cause of death identified as asphyxiation.
Tammy Daybell’s body was later exhumed, and officials say an autopsy showed she died of asphyxiation.
Though the exact reason behind the accident is yet to be ascertained, police said that they suspected the deaths due to asphyxiation.
Using a powerful neurotoxin, a bite from this spider causes a loss of muscle control, and if untreated can eventually kill through paralysis and asphyxiation.
Common combinations with asphyxiation
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of asphyxiation 17×
- by asphyxiation 9×
- asphyxiation and 6×
- from asphyxiation 5×
- and asphyxiation 3×
- asphyxiation by 3×
- asphyxiation while 3×
- was asphyxiation 2×
- positional asphyxiation 2×
- asphyxiation death 2×