asphyxiating

Adjective Satellite

Meaning

tending to deprive of oxygen

Source: WordNet

Synonyms

downing suffocate anaerobic icing lynching suffocating smothering asphyxiate expunging suffocative strangling drowning felling zapping murdering
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Antonyms

helping breathing awakening loosening reviving aiding
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Phrases with the word

asphyxiating gas

Examples

asphyxiating gasses Source: Internet

A general concern over the use of poison gas manifested itself in 1899 at the Hague Conference with a proposal prohibiting shells filled with asphyxiating gas. Source: Internet

Unable to locate Quaid, Cohaagen shuts down the ventilation to Venusville, slowly asphyxiating its citizens. Source: Internet

It prohibits the use of "asphyxiating, poisonous or other gases, and of all analogous liquids, materials or devices" and "bacteriological methods of warfare". Source: Internet

The Fascist Egyptian regime had dreamed of asphyxiating the Gaza Strip to the point where Hamas would vanish and the PA take over. Source: Internet

The pressures, however, were asphyxiating. Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

asphyxiaphilia asphyxiate asphyxiated asphyxiating gas asphyxiatingly asphyxiation