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suffocative - Meaning and Examples

Meaning of 'suffocative' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Suffocative [ a.]
- Tending or able to choke or stifle.

Meaning of 'suffocative' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . suffocative [ s]
Meaning (1):
- causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Example in sentence:
  • smothering heat;
  • the choking June dust;
  • the room was suffocating--hot and airless;
  • the smothering soft voices