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to kill something by covering it and preventing it from receiving the substances and conditions it needs for life: Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms. figurative I tried desperately to smother a sneeze (= I tried not to sneeze) during his speech. to stop a fire from burning by covering it with something that prevents air from reaching it:
: to stop or prevent the growth or activity of. smother a child with too much care. also : overwhelm. c. : to cover thickly : blanket. snow smothered the trails. d. : to overcome or vanquish quickly or decisively. e. : to cause to smolder. 3. : to overcome or kill with smoke or fumes.
verb. /ˈsmʌðə (r)/ /ˈsmʌðər/ Verb Forms. smother somebody (with something) to kill somebody by covering their face so that they cannot breathe synonym suffocate. He smothered the baby with a pillow. to be smothered to death. Questions about grammar and vocabulary?
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.
If an activity or process is smothered, it is prevented from continuing or developing. Intellectual life in France was smothered by the Occupation. [ be VERB -ed ]
1. a. To suffocate. b. To be extinguished. 2. To be concealed or suppressed. 3. To be surfeited with an emotion. n. Something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust, that smothers or tends to smother. [Middle English smotheren, from smorther, dense smoke; see smolder.] American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition.
verb. /ˈsmʌðər/ Verb Forms. smother somebody (with something) to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe synonym suffocate He smothered the baby with a pillow. to be smothered to death. Take your English to the next level. The Oxford Learner’s Thesaurus explains the difference between groups of similar words.
n. dense, stifling smoke. a smoking or smoldering state, as of burning matter. dust, fog, spray, etc., in a dense or enveloping cloud. an overspreading profusion of anything: a smother of papers.
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.
to kill something by covering it and preventing it from receiving the substances and conditions it needs for life: Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms. figurative I tried desperately to smother a sneeze (= I tried not to sneeze) during his speech. to stop a fire from burning by covering it with something that prevents air from reaching it:
