Hypertext Webster Gateway: "suffocative"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Suffocative \Suf"fo*ca*tive\, a.
Tending or able to choke or stifle. ``Suffocative catarrhs.''
--Arbuthnot.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
suffocative
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" [syn: {choking},
{smothering}, {suffocating}]
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