suffocative Meaning, Definition & Usage

  1. adjective satellite causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
    suffocating; smothering.
    • the choking June dust
    • the smothering soft voices
    • smothering heat
    • the room was suffocating--hot and airless

WordNet


Suf"fo*ca*tive adjective
Definitions
  1. Tending or able to choke or stifle. "Suffocative catarrhs." Arbuthnot.

Webster 1913