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[ verb ] envelop completely
Synonyms Examples "smother the meat in gravy" Used in print (National Review, xi: 26...)A truth-revealing crisis erupted in Katanga for a_couple_of days this month , to be quickly smothered by the high_pressure verbal fog that_is kept on_tap for such emergencies . Related terms |
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[ verb ] deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Synonyms Examples "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow" "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor" Related terms |
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[ verb ] conceal, suppress, or hide
Examples "smother a yawn" Used in print (Time, 77: 3...)Tooling through Sydney on his way to race in the New_Zealand Grand_Prix , Britain 's balding Ace_Driver_Stirling_Moss , 31 , all_but smothered himself in his own exhaust of self-crimination . Related terms |
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[ noun ] a confused multitude of things
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[ verb ] form an impenetrable cover over
Examples "the butter cream smothered the cake" Related terms |
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[ noun ] a stifling cloud of smoke
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