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smothering

ADJECTIVE

sultry

Synonyms

STRONGEST

hot muggy oppressive scorching sizzling soggy sticky stifling sweltering torrid

WEAK

baking broiling burning close mucky red-hot stuffy suffocating sweltry wet

Antonyms

STRONGEST

calm cold cool dry freezing frigid mild

WEAK

ugly unappealing

ADJECTIVE

tight

Synonyms

STRONGEST

airtight fast short uncomfortable

WEAK

blind blocked bolted choking clumped cramping crushing cutting fastened firm fixed hermetic hermetically sealed impenetrable impermeable impervious locked nailed obstructed padlocked pinching plugged proof secure shrunken shut skintight slammed snapped sound stopped up tied tied-up watertight

Antonyms

STRONGEST

loose

WEAK

open slack unsealed

NOUN

repression

Synonyms

STRONGEST

suppression

STRONG

check constraint control inhibition quelling restraint

Antonyms

STRONG

aid allowance assistance freedom help liberation permission

WEAK

liberty

Example Sentences

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Extra nutrients lead to the growth of algae, smothering seagrass beds, blocking sunlight and depleting the water of oxygen.

From BBC • May 2, 2026

"The soil itself absorbs heat. At the same time, it serves as a smothering method, removing the oxygen from the subsurface fire."

From Barron's • Apr. 30, 2026

It was at MetLife Stadium in New Jersey, remember, that Seattle rolled over Manning and the Broncos, 43-8, behind a smothering defense.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 19, 2026

Florida is also capable of frustrating opponents with a smothering defense.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 18, 2025

I told her she was smothering me, and to lay off and all that, but secredy, I was really, really glad to see her.

From "The Lightning Thief" by Rick Riordan

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