Definition of Suffocating in English :

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Suffocating meaning in English

Meaning of Suffocating in English

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Suffocating pronunciation in English

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Suffocating

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Adjective

1. smothering, suffocating, suffocative

causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

Example Sentences:
'the choking June dust'
'the smothering soft voices'
'smothering heat'
'the room was suffocating--hot and airless'

WordNet Lexical Database for English. Princeton University. 2010.


Suffocating

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verb
1. 
to kill or be killed by the deprivation of oxygen, as by obstruction of the air passage or inhalation of noxious gases
2. 
to block the air passages or have the air passages blocked
3. 
to feel or cause to feel discomfort from heat and lack of air

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Suffocating

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verb transitiveWord forms: ˈsuffoˌcated or ˈsuffoˌcating
1. 
to kill by cutting off the supply of oxygen to the lungs, gills, etc.
2. 
to hinder the free breathing of; deprive of fresh air; stifle; choke
3. 
to smother, suppress, extinguish, etc. by or as by cutting off the supply of air
verb intransitive
4. 
to die by being suffocated
5. 
to be unable to breathe freely; choke; stifle; smother
6. 
to be unable to develop properly as because of a repressive or dulling environment

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Suffocating

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v. suf·fo·cat·ed, suf·fo·cat·ing, suf·fo·cates
v.tr.
1. To kill or destroy by preventing access of air or oxygen.
2. To impair the breathing of or cause discomfort to by cutting off the supply of fresh air.
3. To suppress the development, imagination, or creativity of; stifle: "The rigid formality of the place suffocated her" (William Makepeace Thackeray).
v.intr.
1. To die from lack of air or oxygen.
2. To feel discomfort from lack of fresh air.
3. To become or feel oppressed; be stifled.

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