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smother verb

  /ˈsmʌðɚ/
  • (transitive) To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
  • (intransitive) To be suffocated.
  • (intransitive, figuratively) to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
 ersticken
  • (transitive) To daub or smear.
 abdecken, bedecken, überziehen
  • (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
 dämpfen, unterdrücken
  • (transitive, cooking) To cook in a close dish.
 schmoren
  • (intransitive, of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
 schwelen

smother noun

  /ˈsmʌðɚ/
  • (dated) The state of being stifled; suppression.
 Ersticken, Erstickung
  • (dated) Stifling smoke; thick dust.
 Qualm, Staubdecke, Staubschicht
  • Cookware used in such cooking.
 Schmorbraten, Schmorgut
  • Smoldering; slow combustion.
 Schwelen, Verschwelung
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