Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suffocating"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suffocate \Suf"fo*cate\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Suffocated}; p.
pr. & vb. n. {Suffocating}.]
1. To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to
smother.
Let not hemp his windpipe suffocate. --Shak.
2. To destroy; to extinguish; as, to suffocate fire.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suffocating \Suf"fo*ca`ting\,
a. & n. from {Suffocate}, v. -- {Suf"fo*ca`ting*ly}, adv.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suffocating
adj : causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of
fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June
dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat";
"the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: {choking},
{smothering}, {suffocative}]
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