smothers in English

verb
1
kill (someone) by covering their nose and mouth so that they suffocate.
Without even asking Desdemona if it is true or not, Othello kills her by smothering her.
synonyms:suffocateasphyxiatestiflechoke
noun
1
a mass of something that stifles or obscures.
all this vanished in a smother of foam
verb
noun

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1. Silt, washed from deep forestry ploughing, smothers plants, endangering insect life and therefore fish survival also.

2. 8 Silt, washed from deep forestry ploughing, smothers plants, endangering insect life and therefore fish survival also.

3. This thought smothers his inward applause for Gardner, and instead he casts a bewildered, disconcerted look at his wife.

4. University of Iowa student Zach Smothers' glasses fog up while he walks thorugh the snow and bone-chilling wind February 2011 in Iowa City, United States.

5. Hawaiian Folk Tales A Collection of Native Legends William smothers a laugh; the procession moves funereally, the faithful nurse watching it with an expression Betokening intense anxiety