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smothered

adjective as in extinguished

adjective as in strangled

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adjective as in suppressed

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Sage and sausage patty came next, served between cumin scented Buttermilk biscuits and smothered in a black pepper country gravy.

When he hits upon a phrase he likes, the reader should prepare to be smothered by it.

But 30 years later the Civil Rights Movement smothered any remaining sentimentality under the banner of equality.

Microsoft bought it, smothered it, drove away the talent, and basically killed Danger in its crib.

Indeed, for the record: You can be smothered to death by an ass.

With a tremendous effort, he controlled himself and smothered the rising fires that struggled towards speech and action.

She therefore yielded enchantingly when he enveloped her, smothered her, stormed her lips, and even pulled her hair.

It is like the eating of a smothered fire into rotten timber in that it is noiseless and without haste.

His voice broke from the smothered conference tone and the school heard it and tittered.

The slush fairly smothered or blanketed the shell but I was wetted through and was stung up properly with small gravel.

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On this page you'll find 18 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to smothered, such as: consumed, drenched, drowned, quenched, null, and put out.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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