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Suffocating definitions

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Webster's 1828 Dictionary

SUF'FOCATING, ppr. Choking; stifling.

WordNet (r) 3.0 (2005)

adj
1: causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: smothering, suffocating, suffocative]

Merriam Webster's

adjective Date: 1604 tending or serving to suffocate or overpower ; overwhelming • suffocatingly adverb

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Suffocate Suf"fo*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suffocated; p. pr. & vb. n. Suffocating.] 1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother. Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak. 2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

Suffocating Suf"fo*ca`ting, a. & n. from Suffocate, v. -- Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly, adv.

Moby Thesaurus

airless, breathless, breezeless, censorship, close, crackdown, crushing, extinguishment, humid, ill-ventilated, muggy, nose-piercing, oppressive, penetrating, pungent, putting down, quashing, quelling, quenching, reeking, repression, sharp, smashing, smothering, smudgy, squashing, squelching, sticky, stifling, strangling, strong, strong-scented, strong-smelling, stuffy, subdual, sultry, suppression, throttling, unvented, unventilated, windless