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asphyxiant

[ as-fik-see-uhnt ]

adjective

  1. asphyxiating or tending to asphyxiate.


noun

  1. an asphyxiating agent or substance.
  2. an asphyxiating condition.

asphyxiant

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adjective

  1. causing asphyxia
“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

noun

  1. anything that causes asphyxia

    carbon monoxide is an asphyxiant

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged†2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012
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˜yÐÄvlog History and Origins

Origin of asphyxiant1

First recorded in 1850–55; asphyxi(ate) + -ant
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Many residents were trapped on higher floors as it spread, and the inquiry found all the victims were dead or unconscious by the time the flames reached them due to "inhalation of asphyxiant gases", primarily carbon monoxide.

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Phosgene, more deadly than chlorine, was also an asphyxiant—it too caused death by suffocation.

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They also express concerns about the safety of storing large amounts of carbon dioxide, an asphyxiant, in a densely populated community.

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Pipelines for CO2 transport the gas at high pressure and at a high enough concentration to make it an asphyxiant.

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High concentrations of carbon dioxide, if it leaks out of pipelines or storage wells, can be an asphyxiant to people and wildlife.

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