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smother
A	noun
	1	smother
			a stifling cloud of smoke
		Category Tree: phenomenon ╚natural phenomenon ╚physical phenomenon ╚cloud ╚aerosol ╚smoke; fume ╚smother
	2	clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother
			a confused multitude of things
		Category Tree: state ╚condition; status ╚disorderliness; disorder ╚clutter, jumble, muddle, mare's nest, welter, smother ╚rummage
B	verb
	1	smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
			conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
		Category Tree: prevent; keep ╚restrain; suppress; keep; keep back; hold back ╚control; hold in; hold; contain; check; curb; moderate ╚suppress; stamp down; inhibit; subdue; conquer; curb ╚smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress
	2	smother, surround
			envelop completely; "smother the meat in gravy"
		Category Tree: cover ╚smother, surround
	3	smother, put out
			deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion; "smother fires"
		Category Tree: unmake; undo ╚destroy; destruct ╚eliminate; get rid of; do away with ╚snuff out; extinguish ╚smother, put out
	4	smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
			deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing; "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"; "The child suffocated herself with a plastic bag that the parents had left on the floor"
		Category Tree: kill ╚smother, asphyxiate, suffocate
	5	smother
			form an impenetrable cover over; "the butter cream smothered the cake"
		Category Tree: touch; adjoin; meet; contact ╚cover; spread over ╚smother

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