Hyphenation of smothering

Wondering how to hyphenate the English word smothering ? This word can be hyphenated and contains 3 syllables as shown below.

smoth-er-ing

Definitions of smothering :

1.
Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
The choking June dust The smothering soft voices Smothering heat The room was suffocating--hot and airless

Synonyms of smothering :

adj suffocating, suffocative, breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal

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