smother

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smother

Noun

a confused multitude of things

Synonyms:

• clutter
• jumble
• muddle
• fuddle
• mare's nest
• welter
• smother

Noun

a stifling cloud of smoke

Synonyms:

• smother

Verb

envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"

Synonyms:

• smother
• surround

Verb

deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"

Synonyms:

• smother
• asphyxiate
• suffocate

Verb

suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"

Synonyms:

• smother
• stifle
• strangle
• muffle
• repress

Verb

form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"

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• smother

Verb

deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"

Synonyms:

• smother
• put out