smother

noun

1
conceal or hide
smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
2
envelop completely
smother the meat in gravy
3
deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
smother fires
4
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
5
form an impenetrable cover over
the butter cream smothered the cake

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