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Suffocating
To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
📖 Definitions of "Suffocating"
- 1
To suffer, or cause someone to suffer, from severely reduced oxygen intake to the body.
"Open the hatch, he is suffocating in the airlock!"
- 2
To die due to, or kill someone by means of, insufficient oxygen supply to the body.
"He suffocated his wife by holding a pillow over her head."
- 3
To overwhelm, or be overwhelmed (by a person or issue), as though with oxygen deprivation.
"I'm suffocating under this huge workload."
- 4
To destroy; to extinguish.
"to suffocate fire"
- 1
Suffocation
🔄 Synonyms of "Suffocating"
4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| smotheringnoun | The act by which someone or something is smothered. |
| breathless | Having difficulty breathing; gasping. |
| chokingnoun | The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly. |
| suffocative | Tending or able to choke or stifle. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Suffocating"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| smotheringnoun | The act by which someone or something is smothered. |
| chokingnoun | The process in which a person's airway becomes blocked, resulting in asphyxia in cases that are not treated promptly. |
| breathless | Having difficulty breathing; gasping. |
| asphyxiationnoun | An acute lack of oxygen. |
| nippingnoun | The act or sensation of giving a nip. |
| stiflingnoun | That stifles. |
| stuffynoun | Poorly ventilated; partially plugged. |
| cripplingnoun | Causing a severe and insurmountable problem; detrimental. |
| crushingnoun | The action of the verb to crush. |
| strainingnoun | The act by which one strains. (muscles, etc) |
| oppressive | Tyrannical or exercising unjust power. |
| sweatynoun | Covered in sweat. |
| confining | limiting; restrictive |
| asphyxiating | Causing asphyxiation; depriving living beings of the ability to breathe. |
| exsufflationnoun | (biology, obsolete) A strongly forced expiration of air from the lungs. |
| suffusatenoun | That has suffused |
| obfusticationnoun | Synonym of obfuscation. |
| nubilationnoun | obnubilation; a clouding over |
| overbreathingnoun | Excessive breathing. |
| throatfulnoun | Enough to fill the throat. |
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