Noun
Alt. of Asphyxy
Source: Webster's dictionaryRail travel at high speed is not possible because passengers, unable to breathe, would die of asphyxia. Dionysius Lardner
To die for lack of love is horrible. The asphyxia of the soul. Victor Hugo
Brehmer suggested Mrs Parry died as a result of 'positional asphyxia' due to her diaphragm being on the driver's seat and her head being out of the car. Source: Internet
Jason Varnish of Short Hills, New Jersey, died of positional asphyxia Thursday at Vail Mountain's Blue Sky Basin area, according to Eagle County Coroner Kara Bettis. Source: Internet
But this time there was no shooting; the post mortem result says that he died of, quote, "asphyxia by bronchial aspiration of sand beach", end quote. Source: Internet
Prussic acid poisons animals by inhibiting oxygen utilisation by the cells and is transported in the blood around the body — ultimately the animal will die from asphyxia. Source: Internet