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- noun Plural form of
smother . - verb Third-person singular simple present indicative form of
smother .
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Examples
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Its courtyard is a sculpture garden, where the soothing burble of a fountain smothers the din of the Santa Monica Freeway.
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(And it's perfectly obvious, rhetorically, that the Sebald and Bolano titles are intended here as * representative* of the small proportion of genuinely "good," interesting, or significant books that the corporate publishing monolith does indeed manage to put out while the system of which it is an expression smothers a more comprehensive development of good, interesting, and significant books.)
OCD 2009
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He cries harder, but it gets softer, muffled as he smothers himself into his pillow.
Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011
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Executed at the same time, as in this outing, the percussive piano smothers a singer's delicate consonants and compromises the audience's ability to hear the words.
Rodney Punt: Schubert's Winterreise from Le Salon de Musiques Rodney Punt 2011
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Shine the light of wisdom into her befuddled brain before another millennium of darkness smothers this realm.
Secret History of Elizabeth Tudor, Vampire Slayer Lucy Weston 2011
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Part of this may be their coach, who smothers the media with an irrational bravado that puts most of the pressure on himself.
The Imperfect, Irresistible Jets Jason Gay 2011
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Executed at the same time, as in this outing, the percussive piano smothers a singer's delicate consonants and compromises the audience's ability to hear the words.
Rodney Punt: Schubert's Winterreise from Le Salon de Musiques Rodney Punt 2011
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I think I'm qualified, given that I've one heroine who poisons cats, kills pregnant women, and smothers old men, and one hero who kills an infant among his other misdeeds.
Writing Question: Unlikable Protagonists odysseyworkshop 2009
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That pushes the burden onto others and unintentionally smothers small entrepreneurs.
Ohio is spending $1.4 billion to attract jobs. Will it work? 2011
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He cries harder, but it gets softer, muffled as he smothers himself into his pillow.
Angry Young Man Chris Lynch 2011
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