: a deficiency of oxygen reaching the tissues of the body
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Arkansas became the fifth state to authorize nitrogen hypoxia as a method of execution Tuesday, after Republican Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders signed legislation codifying the controversial method into law.—James Powel, USA TODAY, 19 Mar. 2025 State of play: Arkansas is the fifth state to legalize use of nitrogen hypoxia, which Little Rock Rev. Jeff Hood — who witnessed the first such execution in 2024 — equated to suffocation.—Worth Sparkman, Axios, 19 Mar. 2025 Louisiana Corrections Secretary Gary Westcott selected nitrogen hypoxia as Hoffman's method of execution after officials have had trouble procuring the necessary lethal injection drugs following the state's last execution in 2010.—Erik Ortiz, NBC News, 18 Mar. 2025 The judge also admonished state officials for refusing to make the new nitrogen hypoxia protocol publicly available.—Faisal Kutty, Newsweek, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for hypoxia
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