The immediate effect of phosgene and diphosgene is less noticeable, but the lungs slowly fill with fluids and the victim suffocates within a few days.

Some victims suffocated so rapidly that they were found with drinks in their hands.

The victims of curare suffocate to death, their chest muscles and diaphragms paralyzed.

In four cases, autopsies determined the victims had suffocated, but it was unclear how.

One of the officers, Brig. Gen. Rashid Flaieh, acknowledged in a telephone interview that the victims suffocated inside what he described as "an armored van."

The victims basically suffocated.

When large amounts are inhaled, the throat swells shut and victims suffocate.

As excavation of the avalanche victim is extremely time-consuming and many buried victims suffocate before they can be reached, shovelling technique is an essential element of rescue.

The victim, Stephen Small, suffocated in a homemade box before his family could pay a $1 million ransom.

Ultimately, the victim becomes comatose and suffocates in a series of tolulope spasms.