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smother fire

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  • smother fire — noun : a smoldering fire …   Useful english dictionary

  • smother-fire — …   Useful english dictionary

  • Fire control — consists of depriving a fire of fuel, oxygen or heat (see fire triangle) to prevent it from spreading or to put it out entirely. The standard and most common way to control a class A fire (the combustion of a flammable material with oxygen and… …   Wikipedia

  • Smother — Smoth er, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Smothered}; p. pr. & vb. n. {Smothering}.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See {Smoor}.] 1. To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent… …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • smother — [smuth′ər] vt. [ME smorthren < smorther, dense smoke < base of OE smorian, to suffocate, akin to MLowG smoren, to smoke < var. of IE base * smel > SMELL] 1. a) to keep from getting enough air to breathe; stifle b) to kill in this way; …   English World dictionary

  • Fire coral — Millepora dichotoma Scientific classification Kingdom: Animalia …   Wikipedia

  • smother — ► VERB 1) suffocate by covering the nose and mouth. 2) extinguish (a fire) by covering it. 3) (smother in/with) cover entirely with. 4) cause to feel trapped and oppressed. 5) suppress (a feeling or action). ► NOUN …   English terms dictionary

  • smother — (v.) c.1200, to suffocate with smoke, from smorthre (n.) dense, suffocating smoke (late 12c.), from stem of O.E. smorian to suffocate, choke, possibly connected to SMOLDER (Cf. smolder). Meaning to kill by suffocation is from 1540s; sense of to… …   Etymology dictionary

  • fire foam — fire foam, a foamy substance consisting of alumina and carbon dioxide, used to blanket and smother fires, especially of oil or gasoline …   Useful english dictionary

  • smother — smoth|er [ˈsmʌðə US ər] v [T] [Date: 1100 1200; Origin: smother thick smoke (12 19 centuries), from Old English smorian to suffocate ] 1.) to completely cover the whole surface of something with something else, often in a way that seems… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • smother — [[t]smʌ̱ðə(r)[/t]] smothers, smothering, smothered 1) VERB If you smother a fire, you cover it with something in order to put it out. [V n] The girl s parents were also burned as they tried to smother the flames. 2) VERB To smother someone means… …   English dictionary

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