Asfixia in english
Suffocation
pronunciation: səfəkeɪʃən part of speech: noun
pronunciation: səfəkeɪʃən part of speech: noun
In gestures
asfixia = suffocation ; asphyxia.
Example: Her article examines the problems of 'suffocation by the overproduction of information' and 'the withholding of information by new technologies'.Example: The book recommends asphyxia by plastic bag combined with the ingestion of lethal doses of certain drugs.asfixiar = smother ; suffocate ; stifle ; choke ; asphyxiate.
Example: This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust = This article outlines the preparatory stages and describes some of the problems presented by the physical conditions in a city of tents either drenched by rain or smothered by dust.Example: The United Nations has been accused of 'drowning in its own words and suffocating in its own documentation'.Example: Excessive emphasis on the need to exact payment will stifle the flow of information.Example: Several years of belt-tightening measures have started to choke programs and further cuts could make them unsustainable.Example: An autopsy determined that he was asphyxiated.more:
» asfixiar con gas = gas .
Example: Forcing animals into a hot, dark box to be gassed to death in groups must stop.» asfixiarse de calor = swelter .
Example: Europe is sweltering in the heat of one of the hottest summers in recent history.