smothering (s)
suffocating (s)
suffocative (s)

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type s
lex_filenum 00
def causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
examples the choking June dust
the smothering soft voices
smothering heat
the room was suffocating--hot and airless
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Similar to breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
Derivationally related form suffocative → suffocate; suffocative → suffocate; suffocative → suffocate
Derivationally related form suffocative → suffocate
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Similar to breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
Derivationally related form suffocate → suffocative
Derivationally related form suffocate → suffocative; suffocate → suffocative; suffocate → suffocative

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