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English adjective: suffocative

1. suffocative causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat


SamplesThe choking June dust.
The smothering soft voices.
Smothering heat.
The room was suffocating--hot and airless.


Synonymssmothering, suffocating


Similarbreathless, dyspneal, dyspneic, dyspnoeal, dyspnoeic


Antonymsbreathing, eupneic, eupnoeic









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