suffocating
/ˈsʌfəkeɪtɪŋ/ adjective C2- That tends to suffocate the target(s); so overwhelming and lethal or life-threatening as to suffocate; suffocative.
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Villefort, suffocating, pressed the doctor’s arm.
We sought an expansive horizon, trading the suffocating traditions of post-war Britain for the sprawling, eucalyptus-scented promise of New South Wales.
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