Synonyms of suffocative

Adjective


1. smothering, suffocating, suffocative, breathless (vs. breathing), dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal

usage: 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"

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