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smothering |
2 definitions found From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: Smother \Smoth"er\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smothered}; p. pr & vb n. {Smothering}.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See {Smoor}.] 1. 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. 2. To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like as to smother a fire. 3. Hence to repress the action of to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as to smother one's displeasure. From WordNet r 1.6 [wn]: smothering adj : causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat; "the choking June dust"; "the smothering soft voices"; "smothering heat"; "the room was suffocating--hot and airless" [syn: {choking}, {suffocating}, {suffocative}]
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