Meaning Of The Word Smother

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smother
verb: If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out.

smother in American English
to keep from getting enough air to breathe; stifle
intransitive verb: to become stifled or suffocated; be prevented from breathing
noun: dense, stifling smoke
transitive verb: to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing

smother in British English
noun: anything, such as a cloud of smoke, that stifles
verb: to suffocate or stifle by cutting off or being cut off from the air

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