Asphyxiating
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Asphyxiating is an adjective meaning Causing asphyxiation; depriving living beings of the ability to breathe.
Meaning
Causing asphyxiation; depriving living beings of the ability to breathe.
More Meanings
- Restrictive; stifling; preventing emotional or behavioral expression.
- Overwhelming; breathtaking.
- present participle and gerund of asphyxiate
Example Sentences
Most fire safety analyses will focus on asphyxiating gases (and generally just CO and CO2).
Jeune syndrome, or asphyxiating chondrodystrophy, is an extreme form of mixed pectus excavtum/carinatum and is very rare.
But it was not a quiet of awe or joy they felt: for most people it was the sobering thought of returning to “another asphyxiating week.”
For Kate, Dick and the theatre company represent a world of imagination, sensuality, and emotional freedom that her asphyxiating religion cannot accommodate.
Synonyms for asphyxiating
Depending on context, synonyms include breathless.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include breathless, suffocating, smothering, strangling, choking, strangulating.
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