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smothered
adjective as in strangled
Example Sentences
But in September, he wrote that this was only a possibility "so long as it is not smothered by bureaucracy" and claimed Doge was "the only path to extending life beyond Earth".
Kyren Williams caught a backfield pass from Stafford and was immediately smothered for a 10-yard loss.
The plaque says the St Thomas à Becket Anglican Church, known as simply "the English church" for many years, would have been destroyed without her - after she hid its artwork to save it from damage, smothered fires as they started.
Rasmus Hojlund and Marcus Rashford both had efforts smothered by Lukasz Fabianski, while Bruno Fernandes lofted a header over the bar.
Wells hit a grounder that appeared headed for center field, but Edman smothered it with a diving stop on the second-base side of the bag, holding Wells to a single that loaded the bases.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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