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to restrict or stifle the airflow of someone or something requiring air or oxygen
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, smother(noun)a confused multitude of things
smother(verb)a stifling cloud of smoke
smother, surround(verb)envelop completely
"smother the meat in gravy"
smother, asphyxiate, suffocate(verb)deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
"Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress(verb)conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
smother(verb)form an impenetrable cover over
"the butter cream smothered the cake"
smother, put out(verb)deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
"smother fires"
to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable airchildren should never play inside discarded appliances because they could become trapped and smother
to refrain from openly showing or utteringhe quickly smothered his inappropriate laughter at the funeral ceremony
to defeat by a large marginthe soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round
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