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smother someone or something with something

1. Lit. to suffocate someone or something with something. The villain tried to smother his victim with a pillow. Fred tried to smother the cat with a plastic bag.

2. Fig. to cover someone or something with something. (An exaggeration.) she smothered him with kisses. Aunt Margaret smothered us with the ruffles on the front of her dress when she hugged us.

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``You would have to either force them up against something in order to cover the nose or mouth, perhaps a wall, or put your hand behind the head and smother with the other. THE SOHAM MURDER TRIAL: THE GIRLS DIED HERE; Soham jury sees house of ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland) ``You would have to either force them up against something in order to cover the nose or mouth, perhaps a wall, or put your hand behind the head and smother with the other. THE SOHAM MURDER TRIAL: Huntly: Holly fell in the bath and died ... by Daily Record (Glasgow, Scotland)			smile at smile on smile when you say that smiling like a Cheshire cat smirk at smite with smoke smoke and mirrors smoke like a chimney smoke out smoke out of smoke signals smoke up smoke-filled room smoking smooth smooth as glass smooth away smooth back smooth down smooth onto smooth out smooth over smooth ruffled feathers smooth the way for smother with smuggle smuggle across smuggle past smuggle through snack off snail snail mail snake snake along snake in the grass snake oil snakebite medicine snap snap at snap back snap cookies snap head off snap into snap it up snap off snap on snap out of snap to snap to it Snap to it!			Smorgasboard smorgasbord Smörgåsbord smorgasbords Smorgon Smorodin, Petr Smorodin, Petr Ivanovich Smorodintsev, Anatolii Smorodintsev, Anatolii Aleksandrovich SMORR Smørrebrød SMORS Smort smorzando SMOS SMOSC SMOSS SMOT SMOTA smote smote smote Smoterlich smother smother smother smother Smother fly smother kiln smother with smother-love smothered smothered smothered bottom Smothered mate smotherer Smotheriness smothering smothering smothering Smotheringly Smotheringly smothers smothers Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour Smothers, Dick Smothers, Tom smothery SMOTI SMOTJ SMOTO Smotrich Smotritskii, Meletii SMOTS SMOTU SMOTY SMOU Smouch smoulder smoulder

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