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SUFFOCATIVE

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (adjective) 

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Meaning:

Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

Example:

the room was suffocating--hot and airless

Synonyms:

smothering; suffocating; suffocative

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Adjectives

Similar:

breathless; dyspneal; dyspneic; dyspnoeal; dyspnoeic (not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty)

Derivation:

suffocate (struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake)

suffocate (feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air)

suffocate (be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen)

suffocate (impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of)

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