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Suffocating

//ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ// adj, noun, verb

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Adjective

1
That tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative.
"It is difficult to conceive a state of society in which a sufficient number of disinterested and civilized and imaginative people would, even if given the chance, voluntarily undertake what would be to them the suffocating boredom of government."

Adjective

1
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat wordnet

Noun

1
Synonym of suffocation.
"Here the narrator bursts into explosion after explosion of thunderous horse-laughter, repeating that nub from time to time through his gaspings and shriekings and suffocatings."

Verb

1
present participle and gerund of suffocate form-of, gerund, participle, present

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