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Suffocating

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v. Present participle of suffocate.

the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English

a. & n. from suffocate, v.

The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia

Choking; stifling.

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

adj. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

Word Usage

"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."

Equivalent

breathless dyspnoeal dyspnoeic dyspneic dyspneal

Variant

suffocate

Verb Stem

suffocate