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- Dictionarysuffocating/ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/
adjective
- 1. causing difficulty in breathing: "the suffocating heat"
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preventing something or someone from improving or developing in a positive way: The book tells the story of a woman escaping from a suffocating marriage. It is a land of antiquated social rules and suffocating traditions. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Serious and unpleasant.
SUFFOCATION definition: 1. death caused by not having enough oxygen, or the act of killing someone by not allowing them to…. Learn more.
SUFFOCATE definition: 1. to (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen: 2. to prevent something or…. Learn more.
1. : to become suffocated: a (1) : to die from being unable to breathe. (2) : to die from lack of oxygen. b. : to be uncomfortable through lack of fresh air. 2. : to become checked in development.
Suffocate definition: to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle. . See examples of SUFFOCATE used in a sentence.
The meaning of SUFFOCATING is tending or serving to suffocate or overpower : overwhelming. How to use suffocating in a sentence.
You say that a person or thing is suffocating, or that something is suffocating them, when the situation that they are in does not allow them to act freely or to develop. After a few weeks with her parents, she felt she was suffocating.
Definition of suffocating adjective in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.
Suffocation definition: the act of killing by preventing air from getting to the blood through the lungs or gills; strangulation. See examples of SUFFOCATION used in a sentence.
verb. /ˈsʌfəkeɪt/ [intransitive, transitive] Verb Forms. to die because there is no air to breathe; to kill somebody by not letting them breathe air. Many dogs have suffocated in hot cars. suffocate somebody/something The couple were suffocated by fumes from a faulty gas fire. He put the pillow over her face and suffocated her.
