English-Italian translations for suffocation

• soffocamento
  La CIA ammette di praticare la privazione del sonno, l’esposizione al freddo e il soffocamento; cosa sono queste se non torture? The CIA admits that it uses sleep deprivation, exposure to cold and suffocation; if that is not torture, what is it?
  Allora ci sono momenti di soffocamento e ci si sente come un pesce in un acquario. Then there are the moments of suffocation in which you feel like a fish in an aquarium.
  Questo nuovo atto legislativo precisa anche le caratteristiche fisiche e meccaniche al fine di ridurre i rischi di soffocamento. The new legislation also brings physical and mechanical properties into line in order to reduce the risks of suffocation.
• soffocazione

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