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smother::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | put out |
| Type of | snuff out, extinguish |
smother fires.
smother::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, suffocate |
| Type of | kill |
| Verb group | suffocate, asphyxiate, stifle |
Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow.
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, welter |
| Type of | disorderliness, disorder |
| Has types | rummage |
Examples of smother
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It's a woody vine that can smother other bushes and trees with 30-foot tendrils.
From the freep.com
Isn't there a risk that they'll smother, or that a tunnel will collapse on them?
From the telegraph.co.uk
I don't smother my children but I do worry because I know what the world's like.
From the metro.co.uk
In those cases the murderer also used blankets or pillows to smother his victims.
From the au.news.yahoo.com
Spray dormant oil to smother overwintering insect pests hiding inside the bark.
From the dailynews.com
A 3-to-4-inch layer of mulch will smother any weeds that might start to sprout.
From the toledoblade.com
A tar ball can smother a seabird, mangrove roots or spawning shrimp, experts say.
From the denverpost.com
I guess there's a reason people have to smother it in sauce or jelly to eat it.
From the eatocracy.cnn.com
Then she tried to smother my granddaughter by sitting on her head on the couch.
From the timesunion.com
- Clutter: a confused multitude of things
- Envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
- A stifling cloud of smoke
- 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"
- Conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- Form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
- Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
- (smothered) held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
- (smothered) completely covered; "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"
