smothering
smot·he·ring
adjective
1.
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”
Origin
Inherited from Middle English smorþering.
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