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Meaning of SUFFOCATIVE

WordNet Dictionary
 
 Definition: [adj]  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"
 
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 Synonyms: breathless, choking, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic, smothering, suffocating
 

 

 

Webster's 1913 Dictionary
 
 Definition: 
\Suf"fo*ca*tive\, a.
Tending or able to choke or stifle. ``Suffocative catarrhs.''
--Arbuthnot.
 
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