smothered

Meanings

Verb

• envelop completely
• deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing
  • "Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow"
• conceal or hide
• form an impenetrable cover over
  • "the butter cream smothered the cake"
• deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion
• simple past and past participle of smother

Adjective Satellite

• held in check with difficulty
  • "a smothered cough"
• completely covered
  • "bonnets smothered with flowers"
  • "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"

Synonyms

asphyxiate, muffle, put out, repress, smother, stifle, stifled, strangle, strangled, suffocate, suppressed, surround