Origin: Latin suffix -tion
Suffocation has 3 different meanings across 1 category:
killing by depriving of oxygen
the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped)
"asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture"
Asphyxia—a condition in which an extreme decrease in the concentration of oxygen in the body accompanied by an increase in the concentration of carbon dioxide leads to loss of consciousness or death.