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ASPHYXIATING
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Dictionary entry overview: What does asphyxiating mean?
• ASPHYXIATING (adjective)
The adjective ASPHYXIATING has 1 sense:
1. tending to deprive of oxygen
Familiarity information: ASPHYXIATING used as an adjective is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Tending to deprive of oxygen
Context example:
asphyxiating gasses
Similar:
breathless; dyspneal; dyspneic; dyspnoeal; dyspnoeic (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)
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