smother:1

verb
smoth*er \ ˈsmə-t͟hər \
circa 1520{ds|i|||}
  • to kill by depriving of air
  • to suppress (a fire) by excluding oxygen
  • to overcome or discomfit through or as if through lack of air

smother:2

noun
smother \
13th century{ds||1|a|}
  • thick stifling smoke or smudge
  • a state of being stifled or suppressed
  • a dense cloud (as of fog or dust)
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