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1 smother
1) (to kill or die from lack of air, caused especially by a thick covering over the mouth and nose; to suffocate: He smothered his victim by holding a pillow over her face.) zadusiť (sa)2) (to prevent (a fire) from burning by covering it thickly: He threw sand on the fire to smother it.) zahasiť3) (to cover (too) thickly; to overwhelm: When he got home his children smothered him with kisses.) pokryť* * *• utlmit• vyhrat• zaliat• zasypat• zavalit• zdolat• zadusit• zakryt• zahalit• zahrnút• stíšit sa• udusit sa• tliet• uchopit• tlejúci popol• tlenie• udusit• tlmit• uhasit• prikryt• prerušit• premôct• dusno• dusivý dym• hasit• dusný vzduch• dusit (sa)• dusit sa• dusit• hustý oblak• pevne držat• potlacit• potlácat• pokryt• kúdol dymu
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smother — verb 1 (transitive always + adv/prep) smother sth with/in to cover the whole surface of something with something else: smother sth with/in: a delicious sponge cake smothered in chocolate | He smothered her with kisses. 2 smother your… … Longman dictionary of contemporary English
smother — verb 1) she tried to smother her baby Syn: suffocate, asphyxiate, stifle, choke 2) we smothered the flames Syn: extinguish, put out, snuff out, dampen, douse, stamp out, choke 3) … Thesaurus of popular words
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smother — I. noun Etymology: Middle English, alteration of smorther, from smoren to smother, from Old English smorian to suffocate; akin to Middle Dutch smoren to suffocate Date: 13th century 1. a. thick stifling smoke or smudge b. a state of being stifled … New Collegiate Dictionary
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