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Synonyms for suffocating
suf·fo·cat·ing

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. smothering, suffocating, suffocativeadjective

    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"

    Synonyms:
    suffocative, smothering

    Antonyms:
    eupnoeic, eupneic, breathing

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  1. List of paraphrases for "suffocating":

    stifling, choking, asphyxiating, smothering, asphyxiation

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How to use suffocating in a sentence?

  1. Angelina Scott:

    I feel like it's suffocating me slowly, why do I have to choose between living and living ?

  2. RAMANA PEMMARAJU:

    What more crime can a woman commit by suffocating her sensuous body behind the tight dress. Stay Nude, Breathe Life!

  3. George Steiner:

    To many men... the miasma of peace seems more suffocating than the bracing air of war.

  4. Fieger Law -RRB- Fieger:

    As you can see in the video, far more than two people are involved in suffocating him, i would urge them to reconsider the other people ... who are clearly involved in the killing of Cornelius.

  5. Pitak Meesopa:

    Something is wrong with my health because I'm suffocating as I breathe, my eyes are always in pain and itchy.


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