Defenition of the word smothering

• Defenition of the word smothering

  • The mechanical obstruction of the flow of air from the environment into the mouth and/or nostrils.
  • 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"
  • causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

Synonyms for the word smothering

• • choking
  • suffocating
  • suffocative

Similar words in the smothering

• • breathless
  • dyspneal
  • dyspneic
  • dyspnoeal
  • dyspnoeic

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