3 Usage Examples Depicting the Meaning of 'Smother' in a Sentence
"To prevent free breathing by stifling or suffocating, often through smoke or other means." more
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She used a pillow to smother the flames and save her home.
The firefighters smothered the flames with thick blankets to contain the inferno.
I am smothering the flames with a damp cloth.
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