suffocating

About 0.70 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. verb present participle and gerund of suffocate
2. noun Synonym of suffocation.
3. adjective That tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative.

Similar words

smothering choking breathless asphyxiation nipping stifling stuffy crippling crushing straining

Often followed by

heat in and the atmosphere smoke him with her

Word family

suffocatingly