smother

To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.

But I am Pestilence;—hither and thither I flit about, that I may slay and smother;— All lips which I have kissed must surely wither, But Death’s—if thou art he, we’ll go to work together!

To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.

to smother a fire with ashes

To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish

The committee's report was smothered.

To cook in a close dish.

beefsteak smothered with onions

To daub or smear.

And I keep quite a lot of it around, especially chocolate-covered almonds and Trader Joes minipretzels smothered in dark chocolate.

That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly

That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly

Thus must I from the smoke into the smother […]

That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly

not to keep their suspicions in smother

That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly

Thus must I from the smoke into the smother, / From tyrant duke unto tyrant brother.

Then we passed the Grand Opéra, at which our fine taste revolted; the Rue de la Paix, all in a smother with the dust caused by its improvement, at which our eyes naturally distilled water; […]

That which smothers or appears to smother, particularly