English-Danish translations for suffocation

• kvælning
  Vi har strammet reglerne om risikoen for kvælning. We have toughened up the rules on choking and suffocation risks.
  Det er enten bevægelse og mobilitet eller kvælning blandt jernmonstre, der spytter forurenende stoffer ud. It is either movement, mobility, or suffocation among iron monsters, spitting out pollutants.
  Ofrene dør under store lidelser ved kvælning, idet deres nervesystem ignorerer signalerne om at trække vejret. The victims die in agony by suffocation as their nervous system ignores the signals to breathe.

Definition of suffocation

• Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death
• A particular act of death or killing by means of asphyxia

Examples

• A child left unattended may die of suffocation.
• The coroner reported three suffocations last week.

Related words

• suffocate
• suffocating
• suffocatingly
• suffocator