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1. Envelop completely
   "smother the meat in gravy"
   - surround
    
2. Deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
   "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
   - asphyxiate, suffocate
    
3. Conceal or hide
   "smother a yawn"
   - stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
    
4. Form an impenetrable cover over
   "the butter cream smothered the cake"
    
5. Deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
   "smother fires"
   - put out

1. A confused multitude of things
   - clutter, jumble, muddle, fuddle, mare's nest, welter, scramble
    
2. A stifling cloud of smoke

Derived forms: smothered, smothers, smothering

See also: smotherer

Type of: conquer, cover, curb, disorder, disorderliness, extinguish, fume, inhibit, kill, smoke, snuff out, spread over, stamp down, subdue, suppress

Encyclopedia: Smother