Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Choking; stifling.

from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.

  • a. & n. from suffocate, v.

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  • verb Present participle of suffocate.

from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.

  • adjective causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

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Examples

  • Ortega denounced the U. S.-backed attempt to overthrow Fidel Castro's new Communist government in Cuba in 1961, a history of US racism and what he called suffocating U.S.

    Doctor Bulldog & Ronin 2009

  • They say they were held there for hours in what they described as suffocating heat.

    Democracy Now! 2008

  • They say they were held there for hours in what they described as suffocating heat.

    Democracy Now! 2008

  • They say they were held there for hours in what they described as suffocating heat.

    Democracy Now! 2008

  • Plus, if any one is suffocating from the lack of oxygen in the room, it's Biden.

    Obama Takes The Gloves Off (Again) - Swampland - TIME.com 2008

  • Here it is the Malahini, originally a Gloucester fisherman, as he and his guest, the Englishman Gregory Mulhall are suffering in suffocating heat as the Malahini enters the lagoon entrance of an atoll, using its new engine to make the passage.

    “Have you lived? What have you got to show for it?” 2008

  • On Aug. 19, the Giants had just Giants dropped three of four games to the Florida Marlins in suffocating heat, and were 11 games out of first place and four games behind the Dodgers for the wild card.

    USATODAY.com - Focused on the finish line 2002

  • But earth is tractable stuff compared with coal, and I don’t have to work kneeling down, a thousand feet underground, in suffocating heat and swallowing coal dust with every breath I take; nor do I have to walk a mile bent double before I begin.

    Down the Mine 1937

  • But earth is tractable stuff compared with coal, and I don’t have to work kneeling down, a thousand feet underground, in suffocating heat and swallowing coal dust with every breath I take; nor do I have to walk a mile bent double before I begin.

    The Road to Wigan Pier 1937

  • "I may not - I dare not," burst from Zoe's lips in suffocating accents.

    Zoe: The History of Two Lives 1845

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