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to smother
01
étouffer, recouvrir
to cover someone or something completely
Transitive: to smother sth
Exemples
The garden was smothered by weeds, preventing the flowers from growing.
Le jardin était étouffé par les mauvaises herbes, empêchant les fleurs de pousser.
02
étouffer, suffoquer
to stop someone or something from breathing by covering or blocking the air
Transitive: to smother sb
Exemples
Panic set in as the trapped hiker felt the smoke from the wildfire start to smother him.
La panique s'installa alors que le randonneur piégé sentait la fumée de l'incendie commencer à étouffer.
03
étouffer, réprimer
to stop or prevent a feeling or action from being expressed or shown
Transitive: to smother a feeling or action
Exemples
She smothered her excitement to avoid drawing attention.
Elle étouffa son excitation pour éviter d'attirer l'attention.
04
étouffer, éteindre
to extinguish a fire by suffocating it, typically by covering it to cut off its oxygen supply
Transitive: to smother a fire
Exemples
The firefighters worked quickly to smother the flames before they spread.
Les pompiers ont travaillé rapidement pour étouffer les flammes avant qu'elles ne se propagent.
05
étouffer, couvrir
to overwhelm or restrict someone so much that they feel suffocated or unable to act freely
Transitive: to smother sb
Exemples
The intense workload at her job started to smother her, leaving her no time for herself.
La charge de travail intense à son travail a commencé à étouffer, ne lui laissant plus de temps pour elle-même.
Smother
01
un nuage étouffant de fumée, une nappe suffocante de fumée
a stifling cloud of smoke
02
fouillis, mélange confus
a confused multitude of things
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