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suffocating: adjective and adverb
suffocate: I. intransitive verb II. transitive verb

suffocating [-tɪŋ, Am -t̬ɪŋ] ADJ

1. suffocating heat, fumes:

suffocating

suffocating

уду́шливый

2. suffocating fig:

suffocating

подавля́ющий

I . suffocate [ˈsʌfəkeɪt] VB intr

задыха́ться

II . suffocate [ˈsʌfəkeɪt] VB trans

1. suffocate (asphixiate):

удуша́ть

2. suffocate fig:

подавля́ть

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Meteorite was left floating in the upper atmosphere, suffocating. en.wikipedia.org

The men struggle to open the exterior hatch and dig through a suffocating drift of moondust to reach open air. en.wikipedia.org

They were two parts of my life and it was suffocating. en.wikipedia.org

They can also change themselves into a gaseous form, allowing their unknowing victims to inhale them, and then suffocating them. en.wikipedia.org

One 14mi km stretch requires oxygen bubblers to prevent fish from suffocating. en.wikipedia.org

Rescue parties which arrived on the scene were hampered by suffocating pumice dust and sulphurous fumes, and hot ashes on the ground. en.wikipedia.org

They suggest the suffocating, artificial human atmosphere that surrounds her. en.wikipedia.org

Eating means suffocating the animals and growing bacteria on them, thereby producing more nano-machine assemblers, and more nano-machines. en.wikipedia.org

Fire and a suffocating stench prevented any deeper exploration of the burning ruins. en.wikipedia.org

A visitor to the complex in 1832 described the dust as almost suffocating. en.wikipedia.org

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