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smother v. [
surround] envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
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smother v. [
asphyxiate, suffocate] 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"
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smother v. [
stifle, strangle, muffle, repress] conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
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smother n. [
clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter] a confused multitude of things
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smother n. a stifling cloud of smoke
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