smothering

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Phonetic Respelling: [ smuhth-er ]

Definition: Play

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: Play Play

The water was smothering the flames.

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The water was smothering the flames.

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Synonyms: Play

surround; cover; muffle

Antonyms: Play

open up

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smoth-er-ing

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