[n. of action f. ASPHYXIATE: see -ATION.] The action of producing asphyxia, or condition of being asphyxiated; suffocation.
1866. Howells, Venet. Life, xix. 312. The purple verge of asphyxiation.
1883. Standard, 19 March, 5/2. Abandoned to garotting by night and asphyxiation by day.
