smoke inhalation

noun

: a serious injury caused by breathing a lot of smoke

Several survivors of the fire are suffering from smoke inhalation.

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He had been told his sister died of smoke inhalation. —

Dillon Mullan, Baltimore Sun, 26 Nov. 2024 Vega's death was ruled a homicide by a medical examiner who cited burns and smoke inhalation as the cause after her body was found the early morning of April 17, 2023, in the backseat of a burning car in Tonopah in west Maricopa County by sheriff's deputies responding to the scene. —

Jose R. Gonzalez, The Arizona Republic, 19 Nov. 2024 At least 10 people were injured, most from smoke inhalation, but there were no reports of life-threatening injuries or deaths so far, Ventura County Sheriff Jim Fryhoff said. —

Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 9 Nov. 2024 The dramatic crash resulted in Mills being hospitalized for two days due to smoke inhalation. —

Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for smoke inhalation

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