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The correct spelling is smothers.

How to pronounce smothers

verb

Say it like: Smo-the-rs

The correct spelling is smothers. To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone. For example: "to smother a fire with ashes"

Usage Examples

to smother a fire with ashes

The committee's report was smothered.

beefsteak smothered with onions

Meanings

verb

  1. 1.To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
  2. 2.To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
  3. 3.To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
  4. 4.In cookery: to cook in a close dish.
  5. 5.To daub or smear.

noun

  1. 1.That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly

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