Smother: alternatives and connections

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

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To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…

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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…

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Suffocated; choked.

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Suffocated; choked.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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Want of order or regular disposition; lack of arrangement; confusion; disarray; as, the troops were thrown into disorder; the papers are in disorder.

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The state of being disorderly.

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To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love,…

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Exhalation; volatile matter (esp. noxious vapor or smoke) ascending in a dense body; smoke; vapor; reek; as, the fumes of tobacco.

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To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

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A kiln.

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The visible exhalation, vapor, or substance that escapes, or expelled, from a burning body, especially from burning vegetable matter, as wood, coal,…

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To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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A place or room for the stowage of cargo in a ship; also, the act of stowing cargo; the pulling and moving about of packages incident to close stowag…

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To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.

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Alt. of Asphyxy

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Alt. of Asphyxy

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The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.

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The act of suffocating, or the state of being suffocated; death caused by smothering or choking.

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To overspread the surface of (one thing) with another; as, to cover wood with paint or lacquer; to cover a table with a cloth.

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A pit.

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A pit.

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To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

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A confused collection; hence, confusion; disorder; as, the room is in a clutter.

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To make foolish by drink; to cause to become intoxicated.

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To mix in a confused mass; to put or throw together without order; -- often followed by together or up.

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To make turbid, or muddy, as water.

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The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

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To press again.

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The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…

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To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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Suffocated; choked.

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To inclose on all sides; to encompass; to environ.

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To roll, as the body of an animal; to tumble about, especially in anything foul or defiling; to wallow.

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