Synonyms: smother
Definition: a stifling cloud of smoke
Synonyms: jumble, mare's nest, welter, smother, clutter, muddle, fuddle
Definition: a confused multitude of things
Similar words: disorder, disorderliness
Definition: a condition in which things are not in their expected places
Usage: the files are in complete disorder
Synonyms: repress, smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
Definition: conceal or hide
Usage: smother a yawn; muffle one's anger; strangle a yawn
Similar words: inhibit, curb, conquer, stamp down, subdue, suppress
Definition: to put down by force or authority
Usage: suppress a nascent uprising; stamp down on littering; conquer one's desires
Definition: envelop completely
Usage: smother the meat in gravy
Similar words: cover
Definition: provide with a covering or cause to be covered
Usage: cover her face with a handkerchief; cover the child with a blanket; cover the grave with flowers
Definition: deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
Usage: smother fires
Similar words: snuff out, extinguish
Definition: put an end to; kill
Usage: The Nazis snuffed out the life of many Jewish children
Synonyms: smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
Definition: deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
Usage: Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow; The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor
Similar words: kill
Definition: cause to die; put to death, usually intentionally or knowingly
Usage: This man killed several people when he tried to rob a bank; The farmer killed a pig for the holidays
Synonyms: smother
Definition: form an impenetrable cover over
Usage: the butter cream smothered the cake