smothering

Plural: smotherings

Verb

• envelop completely
• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
• conceal or hide
• form an impenetrable cover over
• deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
• present participle and gerund of smother

Adjective Satellite

• causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
  • "the smothering soft voices"
  • "smothering heat"

Noun

• The act by which someone or something is smothered.

Synonyms

asphyxiate, muffle, put out, repress, smother, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suffocating, suffocative, surround

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