asphyxiation

“Desdemona's remarkable, if temporary, recovery from asphyxiation is the most counterfactual thing in the play.”

Winters Tale follow-up

“I think I want to read your book (it's not about asphyxiation, is it?)”

Dear John

“But this period of "useful consciousness" would wane as the effects of brain asphyxiation begin to set in.”

Archive 2007-08-01

“Colloquially, the act of asphyxiating someone with a liquid or particulate is called “drowning” them, even if they don’t end up in the end result of that state, “drowned”, i. e, dead from asphyxiation from a liquid.”

Matthew Yglesias » No One Expects The Spanish Inquisition

“Because it takes so little time, you can stop before the victim actually suffers permanent damage from asphyxiation, which is the whole point: you can inflict terrible pain without leaving any evidence that it ever happened.”

The Volokh Conspiracy » It’s Official: Kinder, Gentler Military Commissions:

“You can ` t tell the difference whether it ` s intentional smothering or positional asphyxiation, which is what SIDS is.”

CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2008

“That, in other words, through his strangulation or asphyxiation, which is his technique, he may have gone a little too far when he grabbed her from the couch.”

CNN Transcript Feb 19, 2008

“Pornthip Rojanasunand, director of Thailand's Central Institute of Forensic Science, said the circumstances suggested that Carradine may have died performing auto-erotic asphyxiation, which is said to result in a form of giddiness and euphoria - similar to alcohol or drug intoxication - that enhances the sexual experience.”

Belfasttelegraph.co.uk - Frontpage RSS Feed

“The official version of events as reported in the state media, however, insists that Said died as a result of "asphyxiation".”

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