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Suffocative

Suffocative Meaning & Definition
Suffocative Definition And Meaning

What's The Definition Of 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"

Synonyms | Synonyms for Suffocative: breathless | choking | dyspneal | dyspneic | dyspnoeal | dyspnoeic | smothering | suffocating

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Suffocative In Webster's Dictionary

\Suf"fo*ca*tive\, a. Tending or able to choke or stifle. ``Suffocative catarrhs.'' --Arbuthnot.

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