Something, such as a dense cloud of smoke or dust, that smothers or tends to smother.
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Thick stifling smoke or smudge.
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A state of being stifled or suppressed.
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A dense cloud (as of fog or dust).
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A confused multitude of things.
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verb-intransitive
To be concealed or suppressed.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To be extinguished.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To be surfeited with an emotion.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To suffocate.
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verb-transitive
To conceal, suppress, or hide: Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To cover thickly: smother chicken in sauce.
from The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.
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To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone): The grandparents smothered the child with affection.
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To suffocate (another).
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verb
To be overcome or killed through or as if through lack of air.
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To overcome or kill with smoke or fumes.
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To kill by depriving of air.
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To overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air.
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To suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen.
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