| Suffocation (n.) The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking. Thesaurus Entries abolishment, abolition, annihilation, annulment, asphyxia, asphyxiation, burking, choke, choking, choking off, deracination, drowning, elimination, eradication, extermination, extinction, extinguishment, extirpation, garrote, killing, liquidation, liver death, megadeath, negation, nullification, purge, rooting out, serum death, silencing, smotheration, smothering, snuffing out, starvation, stifling, strangling, strangulation, suppression, throttling, uprooting, violent death, voiding, watery grave |