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Smother

/ˈsmʌðɚ/

To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

📖 Definitions of "Smother"

verb

1
To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
2
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
"to smother a fire with ashes"
3
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
"The committee's report was smothered."
4
In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
"beefsteak smothered with onions"

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