smother
verb (used with object)
to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
has smothered
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present perfectof smother (3rd person singular).present perfect
Used to describe actions that started in the past and continue into or have direct relevance to the present.
Example Sentences
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Mortgage rates hit 7% for the first time in more than a year on Thursday, capping a rise that has smothered home sales.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026
A wildfire north Athens that erupted on Tuesday has smothered the capital in smoke and ash, spreading to the town of Menidi, from where about 150 people were evacuated from three nursing homes.
From Reuters ● Aug. 23, 2023
Global warming has made the severe heat wave that has smothered much of Pakistan and India this spring hotter and much more likely to occur, climate scientists said Monday.
From New York Times ● May 23, 2022
A massive volcanic eruption in Tonga that triggered tsunami waves has smothered the Pacific islands in ash, cut power and severed communications.
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2022
Also they burn a Red Weed, the smoke of which has smothered our troops in Westbourne Grove.
From The War of the Wenuses by Charles L. (Charles Larcom) Graves
