asphyxiating

verb

Meaning

To smother or suffocate someone.
To be smothered or suffocated.

Etymology / origin

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Related words

breathless(English)suffocating(English)smothering(English)strangling(English)choking(English)strangulating(English)asphyxial(English)stifling(English)

Descendant words

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Sources

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