suffocating

suffocating
adjective
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat (Freq. 1)
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the choking June dust

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the smothering soft voices

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smothering heat

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the room was suffocating—hot and airless

Syn: ↑smothering, ↑suffocative
Similar to: ↑breathless, ↑dyspneic, ↑dyspnoeic, ↑dyspneal, ↑dyspnoeal
Derivationally related forms: ↑suffocate (for: ↑suffocative)

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