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   suffocating

   /ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/

   adjective

   • 1. causing difficulty in breathing: "the suffocating heat"
   • ▪ making one feel trapped and oppressed: "some marriages can at times feel suffocating"

   Derivatives

   • 1. suffocatingly adverb

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   What is the meaning of suffocation?

   • 1. causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; The child was suffocating when we rescued him. He seemed to be suffocating. I was afraid of this hatred, vicious sense of suffocating weight. The little rooms were hot and stifling, and with Tigress there he found them suffocating.

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   What is the pronunciation of suffocate?

   • 死, （使）窒息而死, （使）悶死… 死, （使）窒息而死, （使）闷死… ahogar, ahogarse, asfixiar… sufocar, sufocar-se, asfixiar… Need a translator? Get a quick, free translation! SUFFOCATE definition: 1. to (cause someone to) die because of not having enough oxygen: 2. to prevent something or….

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   What does non-fatal suffocation mean?

   • To complete the offence of non-fatal suffocation, prosecutors must also prove that an offence of battery has occurred. This legislation also does not provide a definition of battery. Its legal meaning is derived from caselaw: the intentional or reckless application of unlawful force to another person.

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   Why do people die if they suffocate?

   • If someone suffocates, they die because there is no air for them to breathe. He either suffocated, or froze to death. Suffr. 3 meanings: 1. to kill or be killed by the deprivation of oxygen, as by obstruction of the air passage or inhalation of noxious.... Click for more definitions.

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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.

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     SUFFOCATING meaning: 1. Something that is suffocating makes...

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     SUFFOCATING translate: 憋氣的, 悶熱的;憋氣的, 遏制, 束縛的，阻止發展的；遏制的....

   • Znaczenie Suffocating, Definicja W Cambridge English Dictionary

     suffocating definicja: 1. Something that is suffocating...

   • Suffolk

     Suffolk definition: 1. a county (= area with its own local...

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     SUFFIX definition: 1. a letter or group of letters added at...

   • Sufficing

     SUFFICING definition: 1. present participle of suffice 2. to...

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   The meaning of SUFFOCATING is tending or serving to suffocate or overpower : overwhelming. How to use suffocating in a sentence.

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   to die because of a lack of oxygen, or to kill someone by preventing that person from breathing: [ I ] The government warned parents yesterday not to let infants sleep on small plastic pillows because the babies could suffocate.

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   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.

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   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.

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   the act of killing by preventing air from getting to the blood through the lungs or gills; strangulation: A crushing neck injury resulted in the child’s suffocation. difficulty breathing or inability to breathe, or any act that causes this: One protestor endured temporary suffocation from tear gas.

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   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.