suffocative (HyperDic hyper-dictionary)

English > 1 sense of the word *suffocative*:
ADJECTIVE	all	suffocative, smothering, suffocating	causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat

English > *suffocative*: 1 sense > adjective 1
Meaning	Causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat.
Synonyms	smothering, suffocating
Broader	breathless, dyspneic, dyspnoeic, dyspneal, dyspnoeal	not breathing or able to breathe except with difficulty
Spanish	agobiante, asfixiante, sofocador, sofocante
Catalan	asfixiant, sufocador, sufocant
Verbs	suffocate	struggle / struggle for breath
	suffocate	feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air
	suffocate	be asphyxiated
	suffocate	impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

HyperDic: suffocative