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ERGATIVE
Etymology
Adjective
ergative (not comparable)
(grammar) Used of various situations where the subjects of transitive constructions have different grammatical cases or thematic relations to those of intransitive constructions.
Noun
ergative (plural ergatives)
(linguistics) The ergative case.
(linguistics) An ergative verb or other expression.
Source: Wiktionary
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SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
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