Smothering
['smʌðɚ]
Definition
(adj.) 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' .
Checker: Olivier--From WordNet
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Smother
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Examples
- I see her now looking up into my face, and entreating me to prevent them from smothering her, and to be sure and give her a strong narcotic. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
- Ah, brave, manly heart,--smothering thine own sorrow, to comfort thy beloved ones! Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
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