smother

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smother englannista suomeksi

To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

(usex)

(RQ:Shelley Poetical Works)
(RQ:Dickens Bleak House) he dashes to his destination at such a speed that when he stops the horse half smothers him in a cloud of steam."Unbear him half a moment to freshen him up, and I'll be back."
(RQ:Twain Joan)
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or away with; extinguish

(syn)

To cook in a close dish.
To daub or smear.
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To be suffocated.
To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
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To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
That which smothers or appears to smother, ''particularly''
Smoldering; slow combustion.
Cookware used in such cooking.
(RQ:Shakespeare As You Like It)
The state of being stifled; suppression.
(RQ:Bacon Essayes)
Stifling smoke; thick dust.
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The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).