The power to remove oxygen from one’s surrounding environment. Sub-power of Oxygen Manipulation and Air Absorption. Opposite to Oxygen Generation.
Also Called
- Asphyxiation
- Suffocation
Capabilities
The user can erase the oxygen from surrounding environment causing respiring organism to choke and even go into cardiac arrest.
Applications
- Cough Inducement
- Death Inducement by making breathing useless.
- Fire Negation - fire can't burn without oxygen.
- Mental Hallucination - lack of oxygen can cause hallucinations.
Variations
Associations
- Air Manipulation
- Bubble Encapsulation
- Container Imprisonment
- Dark Wind Manipulation
- Drowning
- Some users of Fire Manipulation may apply their abilities to burn off oxygen from a small space, effectively granting them this power as well.
- Gas Manipulation
- Heat Manipulation due to air currents traveling towards a low pressure field generated by intense heat.
- Respiratory System Manipulation
- Smoke Manipulation
- Water Manipulation
Limitations
- May accidentally suffocate their allies.
- Users of Oxygen Independence are immune.
- Oxygen Generation can counteract this power.
- Users with Enhanced Endurance or Enhanced Lung Capacity can hold their breath for long periods of time. Could defeat user in that time frame.
Known Users
- Clayface (DC Comics)
- Meredith Gordon (Heroes); via Pyrokinesis
- Toa Lewa (Bionicle)
- Toa Matau (Bionicle)
- Toa Iruini (Bionicle)
- Toa Kongu (Bionicle)
- Roy Mustang (Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood)
- Guardian ÄRM, Undine (Marchen Awakens Romance); via Bubble Encapsulation
- Hay Lin (W.I.T.C.H)
- Halinor (W.I.T.C.H)
- Middle School Boy (Heroes)
- Speed (Sky High)
- Storm (Marvel)
- Cloud 9/Abigail Boylen (Marvel)
- Red Tornado(DC)
- Flash (DC)
- Ren Akatsuki (Fairy Tail)
- August (Fairy Tail)
- Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach)
- Caesar Clown (One Piece)
- Zaheer (The Legend of Korra)
- Delsin Rowe (InFamous: Second Son)
- Heracles (Toriko); via Destroy Breath
- Kihara Gensei (To aru Majutsu no Index/To aru Kagaku no Railgun); via the Aero Ability from Level Upper
- Michael Guerin (Roswell); via Molecular Manipulation
- Destoroyah (Godzilla series)
- Pigs (Hero 108)
- Ilya Sokoloff (Darker than Black)
- Damien Darhk (Arrow)
- Zed O'Brien (Blood Blockade Battlefront)
Known Objects
- Oxygen Destroyer (Godzilla)
- Zalkonian Warship (Star Trek: TNG)
- Apneic Beauty (TYPE-MOON)
- Gas Gas no Mi (One Piece)
Gallery
Gremmy Thoumeaux (Bleach) turning a local area into the vacuum of space in an attempt to kill Zaraki.
Caesar Clown (One Piece).
Clayface (DC Comics) in the process of smothering Batman within his own body.
Zaheer (The Legend of Korra) extracts the oxygen from Hou-Ting's lungs, smothering her.
Apneic Beauty (TYPE-MOON) drains all oxygen inside it after 301 seconds
Ars Magia is an Ancient Magic that evaporates the blood and oxygen and melt the earth, August (Fairy Tail) mastered it to a degree that he can destroy an entire country, even disrupt magic.
Guardian ÄRM, Undine (Marchen Awakens Romance) traps Emokis in a bubble, causing her to suffocate.