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smothersverbpresent tense third-person singular of smother to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable airchildren should never play inside discarded appliances because they could become trapped and smother chokes, stifles, strangles, suffocates garrotes(or garottes), throttlesasphyxiatesdrownscroaks(slang), destroys, dispatches, does in, fells, slays breathes, exhales, expires, inhales, inspiresresuscitates, revives to refrain from openly showing or utteringhe quickly smothered his inappropriate laughter at the funeral ceremony chokes (back), holds back, pockets, represses, sinks, stifles, strangles, submerges, suppresses, swallows controls, governs, managesbridles, checks, curbs, quashes, quellsbottles up, containsmuffles, squelches expresses, looses, releases, takes out, unleashes, vents to defeat by a large marginthe soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round annihilates, blows away, bombs, buries, clobbers, creams, drubs, dusts, flattens, pastes, routs, shellacs, skins, skunks, smokes(slang), snows under, thrashes, trims, tromps, trounces, wallops, waxes(slang), whips, whomps, whops(or whaps), whups sweeps, upsetsbeats, bests, conquers, dispatches, hurdles, licks, masters, overbears, overcomes, overmatches, prevails (over), subdues, surmounts, takes, throws, triumphs (over), wins (against), worstscrushes, knocks off, knocks over, overpowers, overthrows, overwhelms, subjugates, upends, vanquishesaces (out), betters, eclipses, exceeds, outdistances, outdoes, outfights, outshines, outstrips, overtops, surpasses, tops, transcendsedges (out), noses out, pips(British)caps, excels, flourishes, scores, succeedsbreaks, destroys, does in, finishes, sinks, slaughters beats the pants off, eats alive, runs circles around(or runs rings around), wipes the floor with(or wipes the ground with) |