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[ adjective ] causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Synonyms Examples "the choking June dust" "the smothering soft voices" "smothering heat" "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" Used in print (T. C. McClary, "The Flooded Desert," Argosy,...)Molten glare singed their eyelids an angry crimson ; suffocating air sapped their strength and strained their nerves to snapping ; dust choked their throats and lay like acid in their lungs . Related terms |
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