SUFFOCATIVE

smothering, suffocating, suffocative

(adjective) 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”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Adjective

suffocative (comparative more suffocative, superlative most suffocative)

Tending or able to choke or stifle.

Source: Wiktionary


Suf"fo*ca*tive, a.

Definition: Tending or able to choke or stifle. "Suffocative catarrhs." Arbuthnot.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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