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breathless

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  1. 1. a. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. Source: opted
  2. 2. a. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. Source: opted
  3. 3. a. Dead; as, a breathless body. Source: opted
  4. 4. adj. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty Source: wordnet
  5. 5. adj. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing Source: wordnet
  6. 6. adj. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse Source: wordnet
  7. 7. 1. Spent with labor or violent action; out of breath. 2. Not breathing; holding the breath, on account of fear, expectation, or intense interest; attended with a holding of the breath; as, breathless attention. But breathless, as we grow when feeling most. Byron. 3. Dead; as, a breathless body. Source: webster
  8. 8. j:100 a. not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty s. tending to cause suspension of regular breathing s. appearing dead; not breathing or having no perceptible pulse Source: ecdict

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