Suffocative

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Suffocative \Suf"fo*ca*tive\, a.
     Tending or able to choke or stifle. "Suffocative catarrhs."
     --Arbuthnot.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [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: {smothering},
              {suffocating}]