suffocating

suffocating
    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}]
    

Suffocating \Suf"fo*ca`ting\,
   a. & n. from {Suffocate}, v. -- {Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly}, adv.
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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.
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            Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate.  --Shak.
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   2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
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41 Moby Thesaurus words for "suffocating":
      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