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SMOTHERING
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I. (adjective)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Example:
the room was suffocating--hot and airless
Synonyms:
smothering; suffocating; suffocative
Classified under:
Similar:
breathless; dyspneal; dyspneic; dyspnoeal; dyspnoeic (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)
II. (verb)
Sense 1
-ing form of the verb smother
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