12
suffocating(verb, adjective, hot, killing, oppressive)
6
killing(verb, killing)
6
strangling(verb, killing)
6
suffocative
5
asphyxiating(verb, killing)
5
choking
5
stifling(noun, verb, hot, oppressive, sticky)
4
repression(noun, stopping)
4
sultry(adjective, hot, stifling, humid, muggy)
3
choke
3
dousing
3
drowning(verb, killing)
3
quelling(noun, verb)
3
suffocate
3
throttling
2
asphyxiation
2
censorship
2
extinction
2
extinguishing(noun, verb)
2
muffling(noun, verb)
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