asphyxiating
/æsfˈɪksiˌeɪtɪŋ/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: 1.84 in modern English
28
Scrabble Score
12
Letters
5
Syllables
10
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Restrictive; stifling; preventing emotional or behavioral expression.
adj
verb
present participle and gerund of asphyxiate
Example Sentences
- "If one digs a deep pit and another comes and broadens it, and an ox falls into it and dies, the rule is as follows: If the ox dies as a result of the asphyxiating atmosphere of the pit, the second person is exempt because his action has rendered the atmosphere less asphyxiating. If, however, it dies as a result of concussion, he is liable since he has increased the likelihood that the pit will cause this damage."
- "Jeune syndrome, or asphyxiating chondrodystrophy, is an extreme form of mixed pectus excavtum/carinatum and is very rare."
- "Most fire safety analyses will focus on asphyxiating gases (and generally just CO and CO2)."
- "To this it was answered —and, as it seemed to me, with force—that asphyxiating bombs might be used against towns for the destruction of vast numbers of non-combatants, including women and children, while torpedoes at sea are used only against the military and naval forces of the enemy."
- "For Kate, Dick and the theatre company represent a world of imagination, sensuality, and emotional freedom that her asphyxiating religion cannot accommodate."
- "This sharing of emotional resources generates symbiotic energy fields between players, which they engage according to their inherent forces, and not based on the asphyxiating conventions of gender exclusivity and monogamy."
Etymology
Inflected Forms
more asphyxiating (comparative)
most asphyxiating (superlative)