Assertion: diver | /r/CapableOf | hold his breath
Facets:
value: for the short period
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: A lung over-pressurization injury is known as a pulmonary barotrauma, and can occur at both microscopic and macroscopic levels if a diver holds his breath and ascends.
text: Critically, the lungs are susceptible to over-expansion and subsequent collapse if a diver holds their breath while ascending: during training divers are taught to never hold their breath while diving.
text: Once the bags were full, the divers caught another breath and immediately began pearl extraction aboard the vessel, handing the pearls to the foreman who accounted for both imperfect and perfect pearls.
text: When a diver holds his breath, carbon dioxide builds up in his lungs.
text: The diver who is out of air must keep his airway open while the other diver is breathing because they are ascending and to hold his breath would risk a lung barotrauma.
text: Although costly, this reduction in critical steps makes the integrated BOV a significant safety advantage, particularly when there is a high partial pressure of carbon dioxide in the loop, as hypercapnia can make it difficult or impossible for the diver to hold their breath even for the short period required to swap mouthpieces.
text: Back before masks or goggles allowed for better vision underwater, divers were holding their breath and submerging to hunt flashy fish or find shiny treasure.