Occupational Safety Guidelines

verb to cause someone to stop breathing and die or to be unable to breathe

• The victim was found asphyxiated in their home.
• Don't play with plastic bags over your head, you could asphyxiate!
• I felt like I was gonna straight up asphyxiate in that stuffy room.
• The oppressive rules seemed to asphyxiate any creativity in the workplace.

noun a condition of being unable to breathe due to lack of oxygen

• The cause of death was determined to be suffocation due to a lack of oxygen in the confined space.
• I felt like I was suffocating in that crowded room with no fresh air.
• I can't stand being in this stuffy room, it feels like suffocation.
• The overwhelming pressure of the situation felt like suffocation to her.