"breathless" in the adjective sense
1. breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal
not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
"breathless at thought of what I had done"
"breathless from running"
"followed the match with breathless interest"
2. breathless, breathtaking
tending to cause suspension of regular breathing
"a breathless flight"
"breathtaking adventure"
3. breathless, inanimate, pulseless
appearing dead not breathing or having no perceptible pulse
"an inanimate body"
"pulseless and dead"
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