smother

(n) a confused multitude of things clutter, fuddle, jumble, mare's nest, muddle, welter,
(n) a stifling cloud of smoke

(v) envelop completely
- smother the meat in gravy
surround,
(v) deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
- Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow
- The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
asphyxiate, suffocate,
(v) conceal or hide
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
muffle, stifle, repress, strangle,
(v) form an impenetrable cover over
- the butter cream smothered the cake
(v) deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
- smother fires
put out,

clutter fuddle jumble mare's nest muddle welter surround asphyxiate suffocate muffle stifle repress strangle put out

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