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Verb Present participle for to refrain from openly showing or uttering stifling repressing strangling suppressing muffling restraining concealing swallowing choking gagging holding back suffocating choking back containing hiding pocketing sinking submerging extinguishing snuffing biting back checking collecting composing controlling cooling corking fighting back heaping holding in keeping back killing oppressing overpowering quashing quelling quenching reining restricting showering shrouding squelching bottling up buttoning up corking up putting out hushing up keeping in check simmering down keeping the lid on “Maybe trying to smother your feelings right now is not the healthiest thing for you.” Verb Present participle for to defeat by a large margin annihilating bombing burying clobbering creaming drubbing dusting flattening pasting routing shellacking skinning skunking smoking thrashing trimming tromping trouncing wallopping walloping waxing whapping whipping whomping whopping whupping blowing away snowing under “… the soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round.” Verb extinguishing choking dampening dousing putting out snuffing out damping down stamping out “Extinguish or smother the fire on the drapes with wet towels and water.” Verb stifling suffocating asphyxiating choking strangling strangulating throttling “I put my hand over her mouth, not hard enough to smother her, but firmly enough to give her the message not to speak.” Verb Present participle for cover someone or something entirely with smearing covering spreading bedaubing besmearing daubing “Luckily, it wasn't smothered in creamy sauce.” Verb overwhelming surrounding cocooning covering enveloping heaping inundating showering shrouding trapping “How I am supposed to suppress my overwhelming urge to smother every guy I become involved with?” Noun The action of inhibiting a process inhibition hindrance obstruction restraint restriction bar impediment chequeUK checkUS obstacle barrier block discouragement hampering suppression bridling checking constraint curbing deterrent prevention repression retardation arrest balkingUS baulkingUK blocking cramping encumbrance fettering frustration hazard holding back shackling stifling baulkUK balkUS chain clog cramp crimp curb drag drawback embarrassment fetter foiling halting handicap hitch holdback hurdle interference let manacle quashing shackles snag stop stopping thwarting trammel interdict straitjacket blockage embargo hangup prohibition stumbling block sublimation nipping in the bud putting an end to putting an stop to Noun The restraint or repression of an idea, activity, or reaction by something more powerful concealment control continence discipline discretion refrainment reserve self-command self-control self-restraint containing deadening muffling choking back containment keeping back keeping under control Noun The crime of killing by strangling strangling asphyxiation choking crushing strangulation suffocation throttling Noun gassing Noun The restraint, prevention, or inhibition of a feeling, quality, etc restraining biting back holding in keeping in check bottling up Noun censorship hiding withholding banning gagging muzzling non-disclosure camouflage covering disguising keeping secret outlawing proscription stonewalling covering up cover-up keeping hidden silencing wraps hushing up conspiracy of silence veil of secrecy Adjective Having a notably high temperature sultry hot humid close sticky stifling sweltering muggy stuffy torrid airless boiling oppressive roasting suffocating ardent broiling burning damp fervent fervid fiery heavy red red-hot scalding scorching searing steamy superheated tropical ultrahot warm white-hot baking mucky piping hot sizzling soggy sweltry wet hot and humid Adjective Constructed so as to prevent the passage of water, air, etc tight impervious impenetrable sealed sound watertight hermetic airtight impermeable proof waterproof blocked bolted choking clumped cramping crushing cutting fastened locked nailed obstructed padlocked plugged short shrunken shut slammed snapped tied hermetically sealed stopped up tied up Find more words! 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