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Meanings of suffocating in английском

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

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Examples for "smothering"
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Partick played a smothering game that at times imprisoned the Hearts players.
The Guardian
2
There is no crowding and smothering of the fruit by the foliage.
The Home Acre
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But no rain fell to ease the smothering oppression of the atmosphere.
The Way of an Eagle
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He had to battle against the sense of smothering, the universe contracting.
The Reality Dysfunction
5
She could not bear even the smothering thought of a divided kingdom.
The Heart of Rachael
1
Dark, and very cold-Tugby'salmost apoplectic reply was delicious, no doubt, in its suffocative delivery.
Charles Dickens as a Reader
2
Vapour from Lobelia suffocative; unwholesomness of perfumed hair-powder
The Botanic Garden. Part II. / Containing the Loves of the Plant...
3
In an instant the eyes were closed, the cries were stopped, and the breathing was suffocative and convulsed.
An Essay on the Influence of Tobacco upon Life and Health
Usage of suffocating in английском
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For Manchester City, the sense of history repeating itself must feel suffocating.
The Guardian
2
In summer, they are sultry and suffocating; in winter, cold and dry.
An Historical Account of the Rise and Progress of the Colonies o...
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You're suffocating, she said at a meeting yesterday for frustrated business owners.
Radio NZ
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London held nothing for her but suffocating memories she'd rather let go.
Burning up
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The place was suffocating, and the wind blew the alkali dust in.
Winston of the Prairie
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The atmosphere is intolerant now; the risk is it may become suffocating.
The Guardian
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But far from sustaining them, their success was starting to feel suffocating.
Radio NZ
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The immigration court system, already suffocating under a backlog, is largely shuttered.
Reuters
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I am suffocating here; I want to get into the open air.
The Man-Wolf and Other Tales
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The dust, the smoke, and the stench of the powder were suffocating.
The Story of the Great War, Volume III (of 12) / The War Begins,...
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I was suffocating and needed air; I was nauseous, light-headed almost disorientated.
Oh lord, help me keep my panties on
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He'd had his fun, and generals have a way of suffocating parties.
Red inferno: 1945
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And she was suffocating with the nauseous sweetness of the bridal flowers.
The Rocks of Valpré
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These conditions are suffocating to breadth and to real art in poetry.
The Book of American Negro Poetry
15
The heat now was intense, and the smoke was blinding and suffocating.
Jess of the Rebel Trail
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All the heavens seemed ablaze, and the clouds of smoke were suffocating.
The Young Trailers: A Story of Early Kentucky
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Suffocating across language varieties
United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
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