asphyxiating

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as·phyx·i·ate (

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v. as·phyx·i·at·ed, as·phyx·i·at·ing, as·phyx·i·ates

v.tr.

To cause asphyxia in; smother.

v.intr.

To undergo asphyxia; suffocate.

as·phyxi·ation n.

as·phyxi·ator n.

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Adj.

asphyxiating - tending to deprive of oxygen; "asphyxiating gasses"

breathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic - not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty; "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest"

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