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Exact Match:

smother

a stifling cloud of smoke

conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"

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

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"

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

Synonyms:

• OD,
• abate,
• allay,
• alleviate,
• asphyxiate,
• assuage,
• attemper,
• bake,
• bank the fire,
• be in heat,
• be killed,
• beat,
• black out,
• blanket,
• blaze,
• bloom,
• blow out,
• blunt,
• boil,
• bottle up,
• box,
• broil,
• burke,
• burn,
• case,
• censor,
• chasten,
• check,
• choke,
• choke off,
• clamp down on,
• clobber,
• collect,
• combust,
• conceal,
• constrain,
• control,
• cook,
• cool,
• cork,
• cork up,
• cover,
• cover up,
• crack down on,
• crate,
• crush,
• damp,
• damp down,
• dampen,
• de-emphasize,
• deaden,
• diminish,
• douse,
• downplay,
• drown,
• drub,
• dull,
• embox,
• embrace,
• encapsulate,
• encase,
• enfold,
• enshroud,
• envelop,
• enwrap,
• extenuate,
• extinguish,
• famish,
• flame,
• flame up,
• flare,
• flare up,
• flicker,
• flush,
• fry,
• gag,
• garrote,
• gasp,
• glow,
• hide,
• hold back,
• hold down,
• hugger-mugger,
• hush,
• hush up,
• hush-hush,
• incandesce,
• inhibit,
• inundate,
• invest,
• jump on,
• keep back,
• keep down,
• keep under,
• keep within bounds,
• kill,
• lambaste,
• lap,
• lay,
• lenify,
• lessen,
• lick,
• lighten,
• mask,
• mitigate,
• moderate,
• modulate,
• muffle,
• muzzle,
• obtund,
• out,
• overcome,
• overwhelm,
• pack,
• package,
• palliate,
• pant,
• parch,
• play down,
• pour water on,
• put down,
• put out,
• quash,
• quell,
• quench,
• radiate heat,
• reduce,
• reduce the temperature,
• rein,
• repress,
• restrain,
• roast,
• scald,
• scorch,
• seethe,
• sheathe,
• shellac,
• shimmer with heat,
• shower,
• shroud,
• shush,
• shut down on,
• silence,
• simmer,
• simmer down,
• sit down on,
• sit on,
• slack,
• slacken,
• slow down,
• smash,
• smear,
• smolder,
• snuff,
• snuff out,
• sober,
• sober down,
• soften,
• spark,
• squash,
• squelch,
• stamp out,
• stanch,
• starve,
• steam,
• stew,
• stifle,
• stop the breath,
• strangle,
• stultify,
• subdue,
• sublimate,
• suffocate,
• suppress,
• surround,
• sweat,
• swelter,
• tame,
• temper,
• thrash,
• throttle,
• toast,
• tone down,
• trample out,
• trample underfoot,
• trim,
• tune down,
• underplay,
• weaken,
• wrap,
• wrap about,
• wrap up