Suffocative
//ˈsʌfəkətɪv// adj
adj ·Rare ·Advanced level
Definitions
Adjective
- 1 Tending or able to choke or stifle.
"suffocative catarrhs"
Adjective
- 1 causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat wordnet
Example
More examples"Both of these were true; but the snowy heights of the numerous surrounding hills, and the loner chain of mountains which reached quite across and almost buried the adjoining kingdom of Thrace, preserved a more steady and severe cold in winter, than on the sea-coast; and a more uniform and suffocative heat, in summer."
Etymology
From suffocate + -ive.
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