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Smother logo #10101) Asphyxiate 2) British slang for an overcoat 3) Choke 4) Clutter 5) Conceal or hide 6) Cover completely 7) Disorder 8) Disorderliness 9) Envelop completely 10) Give more than generous cover 11) Heap onions on a steak 12) Jumble 13) Muddle 14) Overdress 15) Overwhelm 16) Pay way too much attention to
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Smother logo #10101) Asphyxiate 2) Choke 3) Clutter 4) Jumble 5) Muddle 6) Nun 7) Overbear 8) Quench 9) Rummage 10) Stifle 11) Suffocate 12) Welter
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smother logo #10444
  1. a confused multitude of things
  2. a stifling cloud of smoke

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Smother

Smother logo #21002• (n.) That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things. • (v. t.) Stifling smoke; thick dust. • (v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled. • (v. t.) A state of suppression. • (v. i.) To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder. • (v. t.) To af...
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smother logo #209731. 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 ...
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smother logo #21422To hit down on the ball so that it travels a short distance on the ground.
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Smother logo #20972Smoth'er intransitive verb 1. To be suffocated or stifled. 2. To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
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Smother logo #20972Smoth'er noun [ Middle English smorther . See Smother , transitive verb ] 1. Stifling smoke; thick dust. Shak. 2. A state of suppression. [ Obsolete] « Not to keep their suspicions in smother Bacon. Smo...
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Smother logo #20972Smoth'er transitive verb [ imperfect & past participle Smothered ; present participle & verbal noun Smothering .] [ Middle English smotheren ; akin to English smoor . See Smoor .] 1. To destroy the life of b...
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Smother logo #20972Smoth'er noun That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things. « Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.» The Century.
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Smother logo #21217Smother is British slang for an overcoat.
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smother logo #20400[n] - a stifling cloud of smoke 2. [v] - form an impenetrable cover over 3. [v] - deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing 4. [v] - deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion 5. [v] - envelop completely 6. [v] - conceal or hide
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Smother logo #24068On the ball defensive overplay to force traps, jump balls, etc.
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smother logo #20974strangle 1 muffle verb conceal or hide; `smother a yawn`; `muffle one`s anger`; `strangle a yawn`
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smother logo #20974 noun a stifling cloud of smoke
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smother logo #23665[Literary terms] envelop completely
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