What is the meaning of breathless?

Not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty.
- usage: "breathless at thought of what I had done"; "breathless from running"; "followed the match with breathless interest"
- synonyms: dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
Tending to cause suspension of regular breathing.
- usage: "a breathless flight"; "breathtaking adventure"
- synonyms: breathtaking
Appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse.
- usage: "an inanimate body"; "pulseless and dead"
- synonyms: inanimate, pulseless

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