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smother
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SMOTHER
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to refrain from openly showing or uttering <he quickly smothered his inappropriate laughter at the funeral ceremony>
Synonyms choke (back), hold back, pocket, repress, sink, smother, stifle, strangle, submerge, swallow
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to defeat by a large margin <the soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round>
Synonyms annihilate, blow away, bomb, bury, clobber, cream, drub, dust, flatten, paste, rout, shellac, skin, skunk, smoke [slang], smother, snow under, thrash, trim, tromp, trounce, wallop, wax [slang], whomp, whop (or whap), whup
Related Words sweep, upset; beat, best, conquer, dispatch, hurdle, lick, master, overbear, overcome, overmatch, prevail (over), subdue, surmount, take, throw, triumph (over), win (against), worst; crush, knock off, knock over, overpower, overthrow, overwhelm, subjugate, upend, vanquish; ace (out), better, eclipse, exceed, outdistance, outdo, outfight, outshine, outstrip, overtop, surpass, top, transcend; edge (out), nose out, pip [British]; cap, excel, flourish, score, succeed; break, destroy, do in, finish, sink, slaughter
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