Словарь синонимов английского языка - smother

(v) 1. suffocate, stifle, choke, asphyxiate; throttle, strangle, snuff (out), kill: He was accused of trying to smother his wife with a pillow. 2. be suffocated or stifled or asphyxiated, be choked or strangled, be killed: The infant apparently smothered in the blanket. 3. overwhelm, ovebcome, blanket, inundate, cover, shower; envelop, wrap, enshroud, surround: The children crowded round and smothered her with kisses. The banquet table was smothered in white roses. 4. repress, subdue, suppress, conceal, hide, keep or hold back, cover up, mask, choke back or down, check; stifle, muffle, blanket, blank out: He managed to smother his grief and put on a brave face. Our whispers were smothered by the noise of the hi-fi. 5. extinguish, put out, snuff out: The foam from the fire extinguisher smothered the blaze in a few moments.