Synonyms for suffocating
suf·fo·cat·ing

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1. smothering, suffocating, suffocativeadjective

   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"

   Synonyms:
   suffocative, smothering

   Antonyms:
   eupnoeic, eupneic, breathing

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1. List of paraphrases for "suffocating":

   stifling, choking, asphyxiating, smothering, asphyxiation

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1. Angelina Scott:

   I feel like it's suffocating me slowly, why do I have to choose between living and living ?

2. Pitak Meesopa:

   Something is wrong with my health because I'm suffocating as I breathe, my eyes are always in pain and itchy.

3. Kim Su-jung:

   I believe this ruling frees women from one shackle that had been suffocating them.

4. Jamie Lynn:

   It felt like you're almost suffocating. It was just like, I felt like, what was I going to do? I was a kid and maybe this is in my best interests and maybe this is what I'm supposed to do because of course I don't want to be hounded by the paparazzi or tabloids or allow them to control my narrative. But it felt like I was really being alienated.

5. Kuduni Sherpa:

   We all rushed out to the open and the next moment a huge wall of snow just piled on me, i managed to dig out of what could easily have been my grave. I wiggled and used my claws to dig as much as I could. I was suffocating, I could not breathe. But I knew I had to survive.