'smother' in a sentence
Learn how to use 'smother' with 4 example sentences.
- smother verb
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: envelop completely
: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
: suppress in order to conceal or hide
: form an impenetrable cover over
: deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- smother noun
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: a confused multitude of things
: a stifling cloud of smoke
Life is a flame that smothers death.
Dan likely smothered Linda until she died.
My sister likes to smother her toasts in butter.
Ignorance smothers like a noose.