SMOTHERING
\smˈʌðəɹɪŋ], \smˈʌðəɹɪŋ], \s_m_ˈʌ_ð_ə_ɹ_ɪ_ŋ]\
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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"
By Princeton University
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