Words Like SMOTHER
We have put together a list of words that are similar to SMOTHER.
18 Alternative Words Similar to smother
6 examples of smother
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to smother a child
2
to smother a fire
3
to smother one's displeasure
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The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
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strangle a yawn
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muffle one's anger
10 definitions 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.
2
To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like.
3
Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal.
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
That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
9
a stifling cloud of smoke
10
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion