smother


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Synonyms for smother

Collins Thesaurus of the English Language – Complete and Unabridged 2nd Edition. 2002 © HarperCollins Publishers 1995, 2002

Synonyms for smother

to stop the breathing of

to hold (something requiring an outlet) in check

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Synonyms for smother

a confused multitude of things

a stifling cloud of smoke

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envelop completely

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deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing

form an impenetrable cover over

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deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion

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Of course, when the restaurant smothers its salmon in cheese, health-conscious customers might as well be eating a steak.
He said: "Newcastle's turn is next but we have to be careful that the city's development policy does not smother and frustrate demand."
A cot death verdict recorded on the first baby in 1998 was re-investigated after a nurse reported seeing the man trying to smother the second child on a hospital ward when he was just six weeks old.
ON TRIAL J Scott said she did not want son CAUGHT J Scott tries to smother baby
A cot death was believed to have occurred until the 39-year-old dad was caught in the act of attempting to smother his second son in the children's ward of the Royal Gwent Hospital, it was claimed.
Crown counsel Christine Smith said: "At some point he held a pillow over her head and tried to smother her."
DECLAN KIDNEY last night warned that Argentina will "smother" Ireland if his side don't play with authority tomorrow.
In Centralia, for instance, workers tried to smother the fire with fly ash-a byproduct of burned coal--but failed.
"I threw down the papers from my delivery bag and wrapped it around her tightly to smother the flames.
INJECT a touch of Mediterranean madness into your life this month with olives to smother all over your head in the form of The Body Shop's Olive Glossing Shampoo (pounds 7)and Conditioner (pounds 7.50).
A photograph of his parents triggered his bouts of hearing his father's voice telling him that he would abuse his own babies before he began to smother them, she said.
Rachel Woodfield, the San Diego-based consulting biologist who identified both invasions, says that her team began efforts to smother and poison the resilient algae at the second site last month.
In November 1999, the man was caught by a nurse as he tried to smother his second son in hospital by clutching him to his body.
The tragic little boys' mum fled the court sobbing yesterday as her husband Darren Jenkinson gave details of how he had used their plastic bibs to smother them.