meaning of smother
1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
3. Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother ones displeasure.
4. To be suffocated or stifled.
5. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
6. Stifling smoke; thick dust.
7. A state of suppression.
8. a stifling cloud of smoke
Related Words
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