Definition of Smothering

1. Adjective. Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat. "The room was suffocating--hot and airless"


Definition of Smothering

1. Verb. (present participle of smother) ¹

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Definition of Smothering

1. smother [v] - See also: smother

Lexicographical Neighbors of Smothering

smore
smored
smores
smorgasbord
smorgasbords
smoring
smorzando
smorzato
smote
smoterlich
smother
smothered
smotherer
smotherers
smotheriness
smothering
smotheringly
smothers
smothery
smouch
smouched
smouches
smouching
smoulder
smouldered
smoulderer
smoulderers
smouldering
smoulderingly
smoulderings

Literary usage of Smothering

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1892)
"Smothering.—Smothering is a variety of suffocation, and consists in the mere covering of the mouth and nostrils in any way so as to prevent the free ..."

2. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor (1856)
"Smothering, or the covering of the head and face with articles of clothing, «fee., which effectually prevent respiration. 3. The accidental or forcible ..."

3. Medical jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1861)
"Smothering, or the covering of the head and face with articles of clothing, &c., which effectually prevent respiration. 3. The accidental or forcible ..."

4. Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, Edward Hartshorne (1853)
"Smothering, or the covering of the head and face with articles >f clothing, &c., which effectually prevent respiration. 3. ..."

5. First Aid in Illness and Injury: Comprised in a Series of Chapters on the by James Evelyn Pilcher (1892)
"Smothering may be due to a number of causes. The most common is drowning, ... Anything which will close the air-passage will produce smothering ; such are ..."

6. Bleaching and Dyeing of Vegetable Fibrous Materials by Julius Hübner (1912)
"Smothering " OP THE SULPHUR DYESTUFFS AFTER DYEING. ... This process is termed "smothering." The different methods of smothering will be discussed under the ..."

7. A Manual of Medical Jurisprudence by Alfred Swaine Taylor, John James Reese (1873)
"Smothering. BY suffocation we are to understand that condition in which air is prevented from penetrating into the lungs, not by constriction of the ..."

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