What is "suffocative"

Suffocative \Suf"fo*ca*tive\, a. Tending or able to choke or stifle. ``Suffocative catarrhs.''
--Arbuthnot.

a. Tending or able to choke or stifle.

adj. 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]