- present participle of suffocate.
suffocating
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The vitriol was all so loud, so suffocating, that it became the symbol of this race in the minds of the South Asian voters I spoke with in the Columbus metropolitan region.
From Slate ● Nov. 4, 2026
"I'm trying my best, it's all you really can do. It's kind of suffocating in a way. You see everyone else managing, and you feel like you're not."
From BBC ● Oct. 27, 2026
Indonesia has been battling fires for weeks in parts of Borneo and Sumatra, sending suffocating haze across the islands and neighbouring Malaysia and Singapore.
From Barron's ● Sep. 26, 2026
Scientists suspect that the combination of high heat and a suffocating deep-tropical air mass will be considered the worst humidity the region has experienced in the modern era.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 9, 2026
She shivered, thinking of suffocating under so much flour, and scrambled up into the boxcar as fast as she could.
From "Lupita Mañana" by Patricia Beatty
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