Word Meaning

Meaning of "smother" and the crossword clue

- Asphyxiate
- Stifle
- Suffocate
- Take away breath
- 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.
- 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.
- Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
- To be suffocated or stifled.
- To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
- Stifling smoke; thick dust.
- A state of suppression.