smother

Phonetic Respelling: [ smuhth-er ]

Definition:

v. to keep from getting enough air to breathe; stifle to kill in this way; suffocate to cover; excluding air from it and causing it to smolder or die down

Sentence:

Anya is going to smother the kitten with love.

More example sentences:

Anya is going to smother the kitten with love.

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The teacher grabbed the fire blanket to smother the fire.

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Why does rock hit scissors, scissors cut paper and paper smother rock?

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What happened when Clifford tried to demonstrate how to smother flames for the children?

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What was the best thing to do to smother flames?

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Synonyms:

surround; cover; muffle

Antonyms:

open up

Smother rhymes:

• Two Syllable Rhymes
  • brother
  • futher
  • mother
  • nother
  • other
  • rather
  • souther
  • suther
  • uther
  • yother
• Three Syllable Rhymes
  • another