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English to English noun
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a confused multitude of things |  | source: wordnet30
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a stifling cloud of smoke | | source: wordnet30
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Stifling smoke; thick dust. | | source: webster1913
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That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things. | | source: webster1913 verb
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envelop completely | | Example: smother the meat in gravy
source: wordnet30
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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing | | Example: Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
source: wordnet30
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conceal or hide | | Example: smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
strangle a yawn
source: wordnet30
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form an impenetrable cover over | | Example: the butter cream smothered the cake
source: wordnet30
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deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion | | Example: smother fires
source: wordnet30
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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. | | source: webster1913
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To be suffocated or stifled. | | source: webster1913
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