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English to English adjective
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Tending or able to choke or stifle. |  | source: webster1913 adjective satellite
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causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat | | Example: the choking June dust
the smothering soft voices
smothering heat
the room was suffocating--hot and airless
source: wordnet30
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