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suffocating

 

  3  definitions  found 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  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. 
 
  From  Webster's  Revised  Unabridged  Dictionary  (1913)  [web1913]: 
 
  Suffocating  \Suf"fo*ca`ting\, 
  a.  &  n.  from  {Suffocate},  v.  --  {Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly},  adv 
 
  From  WordNet  r  1.6  [wn]: 
 
  suffocating 
  adj  :  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:  {choking}, 
  {smothering},  {suffocative}]




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