Related Words for suffocation

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Word	Syllables	Categories
asphyxiation	x/xxx	Noun, Noun
asphyxia	x/xx	Noun
strangulation	xx/x	Noun
death	/	Noun
choking	/x	Verb
electrocution	xxx/x	Noun
unconsciousness	x/xx	Noun
drowning	/x	Noun, Verb
paralysis	x/xx	Noun
smothering	/xx	Noun
entrapment	x/x	Noun
starvation	x/x	Noun
agony	/xx	Noun
dismemberment	x/xx	Noun
exhaustion	x/x	Noun
dying	/x	Verb
immolation	/xxx	Noun
convulsion	x/x	Noun
hyperventilation	xxxx/x	Noun
dehydration	xx/x	Noun
infliction	x/x	Noun
boredom	/x	Noun
disorientation	xxxx/x	Noun
claustrophobia	xx/xx	Noun
poisoning	/xx	Noun
misery	/xx	Noun
helplessness	/xx	Noun
stagnation	x/x	Noun
putrefaction	/x/x	Noun
fatal	/x	Adjective
delirium	x/xx	Noun
immobility	xx/xx	Noun
intoxication	xxx/x	Noun
mutilation	xx/x	Noun
hypothermia	xx/xx	Noun
danger	/x	Noun
strangling	/xx	Noun
torture	/x	Noun
hopelessness	/xx	Noun
alienation	xxx/x	Noun
breathlessness	/xx	Noun
stifling	/x	Noun
disintegration	xxx/x	Noun
breathing	/x	Noun
fatality	x/xx	Noun
submersion	x/x	Noun
spasm	/x	Noun, Verb
constriction	x/x	Noun
suicide	/xx	Noun
suffering	/xx	Noun
deadening	/xx	Adjective
anguish	/x	Noun
collapse	x/	Noun
deprivation	xx/x	Noun
respiration	xx/x	Noun
fainting	/x	Adjective
obliteration	xxx/x	Noun
anoxia	x/xx	Noun
lethargy	/xx	Noun
fright	/	Noun
despair	x/	Noun
fear	/	Noun
discomfort	x/x	Noun
doom	/	Noun
gassing	/x	Noun
inevitability	xxxx/xx	Noun
debility	x/xx	Noun
trauma	/x	Noun
inhalation	xx/x	Noun
explosion	x/x	Noun
paralysing	x/xx	Noun
abandonment	x/xx	Noun
overdose	/xx	Noun
humiliation	xxx/x	Noun
intimidation	xxx/x	Noun
gasping	/x	Verb
accidental	xx/x	Adjective
panic	/x	Noun
terror	/x	Noun
premature	xx/	Adjective
sterility	x/xx	Noun
escaping	x/x	Verb
paroxysm	/x/x	Noun
brutality	x/xx	Noun
unbearable	x/xx	Adjective
ennui	x/x	Noun
pollution	x/x	Noun
overcrowding	/xxx	Noun
apathy	/xx	Noun
incapacitation	xxxx/x	Noun
oblivion	x/xx	Noun
agitation	xx/x	Noun
stench	/	Noun
annihilation	xxx/x	Noun
decapitation	xxx/x	Noun
dullness	/x	Noun
suspended animation	x/xxx/x	Phrase, Noun
hypoventilation	xxxx/x	Noun
apnea	/xx	Noun
ventilation	xx/x	Noun
dyspnea	/xx	Noun
insufflation	x//x	Noun
stupor	/x	Noun
shock	/	Noun
anesthesia	xx/x	Noun
syncope	/xx	Noun
dyspnoea	//x	Noun
apoplexy	/xxx	Noun
cardiac arrest	/xxx/	Name, Name
shortness of breath	/x//	Phrase, Noun
supersaturation	xxxx/x	Noun
expiration	xx/x	Noun
coma	/x	Noun
last gasp	//	Phrase, Noun
impending	x/x	Verb
crammed	/	Verb
crowded	/x	Verb
thud	/	Noun
hysterical	x/xx	Adjective
pangs	/	Noun
bottleneck	/xx	Noun, Verb
congestion	x/x	Noun
demise	x/	Noun, Verb
disengagement	xx/x	Noun
dissolution	xx/x	Noun
downfall	/x	Noun, Verb
estrangement	x/x	Noun
extermination	xxx/x	Noun
jam	/	Noun, Verb
oppression	x/x	Noun
overthrow	/xx	Verb, Noun
privation	x/x	Noun
section	/x	Noun, Verb
severance	/xx	Noun
suppression	x/x	Noun
throttling	/xx	Noun
undoing	x/x	Noun
gloss	/	Noun, Verb
blow	/	Noun, Verb, Adjective
fall	/	Verb, Noun
backwater	/xx	Noun, Verb
off	/	Adverb, Adjective, Verb, Noun
stonewall	/x	Name, Verb, Adjective
pidgin	/x	Noun