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to stop a fire from burning by covering it with something that prevents air from reaching it: I threw a blanket over the stove to smother the flames. SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases. Murder & attempted murder. asphyxiation. assassinate. assassination attempt. attempt. butcher. drive-by. genocidal. genocide. gun someone down. homicide.
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1. a. : to kill by depriving of air. b. : to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen. c. : to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air. 2. a. : to suppress expression or knowledge of. smothered his rage. b. : to stop or prevent the growth or activity of. smother a child with too much care. also: overwhelm.
1. a. To suffocate (another). b. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion. 2. To conceal, suppress, or hide: Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward. 3. To cover thickly: smother chicken in sauce. 4.
verb (used with object) to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing. to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air. to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms. to suppress or repress: to smother feelings. Cooking.
To smother is to overwhelm or suffocate. If you've ever had a boyfriend or girlfriend who calls you twenty five times an hour to check up on you, then you know what it means to be smothered by someone.
1. to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing. 2. to extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air. 3. to cover closely or thickly; envelop: to smother a steak with mushrooms. 4. to suppress or repress: to smother one's grief.
held back or restrained or prevented. adjective. completely covered. “bonnets smothered with flowers”. “ smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy”. synonyms: covered. overlaid or spread or topped with or enclosed within something; sometimes used as a combining form.
