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suffocative

adj
/ˈsʌfəkətɪv/

Etymology

From suffocate + -ive.

  1. derived from suffōcō
  2. derived from suffōcātus
  3. inherited from suffocat — “deprived of air, suffocated”
  4. suffixed as suffocative — “suffocate + ive”

Definitions

  1. Tending or able to choke or stifle.

    • suffocative catarrhs
    • March 24, 1803, the day of his entrance into the Clinical Hospital, he was in a state of extreme anxiety; respiration was suffocative ; he felt in the region of the heart sharp pains which compelled him to shriek, particularly at night.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA