smothering English

Meaning smothering meaning

What does smothering mean?

smothering

— adjective (= suffocating) 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

Synonyms smothering synonyms

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suffocative

stifling

suffocating

choking

asphyxiation

thuggery

thuggee

suppression

sultry

suffocation

stuffy

strangulation

choke

treating with silent contempt

sweltering

suppressive

smothery

shelving

repressing

quelling

ignoring

drowning

destruction

crushing

asphyxiating

asphyxia

airless

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  murder (n) homicide killing assassination foul play capital crime beheading bloodshed butchery crucifixion decapitation electrocution fratricide immolation infanticide liquidation manslaughter martyrdom matricide patricide regicide shooting slaying strangulation smothering suffocation terrorism