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   Smother , v. t. [imp. & p. p. Smothered ; p. pr. & vb. n. Smothering.] [OE. smotheren; akin to E. smoor. See Smoor.]
   To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to smother a child.
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   To affect as by suffocation; to stife; to deprive of air by a thick covering, as of ashes, of smoke, or the like; as, to smother a fire.
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   Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure.
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   Smother, v. i.
   To be suffocated or stifled.
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   To burn slowly, without sufficient air; to smolder.
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   Smother, n. [OE. smorther. See Smother, v. t.]
   Stifling smoke; thick dust.
   Shak.
   
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   A state of suppression. [Obs.]
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   Not to keep their suspicions in smother.
   Bacon.
   
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   That which smothers or causes a sensation of smothering, as smoke, fog, the foam of the sea, a confused multitude of things.
   Then they vanished, swallowed up in the grayness of the evening and the smoke and smother of the storm.
   The Century.
   
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   Smother fly (Zool.), an aphid.
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