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Meanings of
suffocative
in English
Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
suffocating
smothering
Related terms
breathless
dyspneic
dyspnoeic
dyspneal
dyspnoeal
Usage of
suffocative
in English
1
Dark, and very cold-Tugby'salmost apoplectic reply was delicious, no doubt, in its
suffocative
delivery.
2
Vapour from Lobelia
suffocative
;
unwholesomness of perfumed hair-powder
3
In an instant the eyes were closed, the cries were stopped, and the breathing was
suffocative
and convulsed.
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Frequent collocations
suffocative delivery
Suffocative
through the time