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0 present participle of smother
1 to kill someone by covering their face so that they cannot breathe:
They threatened to smother the animals with plastic bags.
Snow soon smothered the last of the blooms.
figurative I tried desperately to smother a sneeze (= I tried not to sneeze) during his speech.
I threw a blanket over the stove to smother the flames.
2 to prevent something from developing or growing freely:
The latest violence has smothered any remaining hopes for an early peace agreement.
I think she broke off their engagement because she felt smothered by him.
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