Definition of "asphyxy" [asphyxy]

• Asphyxiation, typically resulting in death; asphyxia (noun)

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• "Can there be a more mortal, poisonous consumption and asphyxy of the mind than this decline and extinction of all reverence?"
• "Bavius Blunderbore, Esq., which were of "a low and moderate sort," cause you to giggle yourself wellnigh into an asphyxy, -- calf and coxcomb as he was?"
• "Josephus, Valerius Maximus, psychological and medical authorities have been searched and appealed to for examples of such apparent resurrections from a trance or asphyxy, especially on the third day, which is supposed to be a turning-point for life or putrefaction."