Meanings (ES + gloss)
agobiar • ahogar • asfixiar • sofocar
To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
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 to…
He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.
apagar • extinguir • sofocar
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
to smother a fire with ashes
reprimir
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
The committee's report was smothered.
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