smother

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/ˈsmʌðɚ/ English

Definitions

verb

To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.“to smother a fire with ashes”
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish“The committee's report was smothered.”
In cookery: to cook in a close dish.“beefsteak smothered with onions”

noun

That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly

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Synonyms

conceal cover up hide stifle asphyxiate suffocate clutter muffle muddle welter jumble surround put out strangle choke crush squeeze kill

Associated

pillow weeds flames reef flame coral tackle vegetation fires baby saved fire

Rhymes

other mother another one after another suther foster mother the other godmother big brother surrogate mother

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