- suffocative
- adjective see suffocate
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
suffocative
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Suffocative — Suf fo*ca*tive, a. Tending or able to choke or stifle. Suffocative catarrhs. Arbuthnot. [1913 Webster] … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
suffocative — See suffocatingly. * * * … Universalium
suffocative — adj. causing suffocation, causing asphyxiation; stifling, smothering … English contemporary dictionary
suffocative — suf·fo·ca·tive … English syllables
suffocative — adjective 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 • Syn: ↑smothering, ↑suffocating … Useful english dictionary
suffocative goiter — a goiter that causes dyspnea by pressure on the trachea … Medical dictionary
Angina — is chest pain that is due to an inadequate supply of oxygen to the heart muscle. The chest pain of angina is typically severe and crushing. There is a feeling just behind the breastbone (the sternum) of pressure and suffocation. The word “angina” … Medical dictionary
smothering — adjective causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat (Freq. 1) the choking June dust the smothering soft voices smothering heat the room was suffocating hot and airless • Syn: ↑suffocating, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
suffocating — adjective causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat (Freq. 1) the choking June dust the smothering soft voices smothering heat the room was suffocating hot and airless • Syn: ↑smothering, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Mare — Mare, n. [AS. mara incubus; akin to OHG. & Icel. mara; cf. Pol. mora, Bohem. m[*u]ra.] (Med.) Sighing, suffocative panting, intercepted utterance, with a sense of pressure across the chest, occurring during sleep; the incubus; obsolete, except in … The Collaborative International Dictionary of English
