| noun | a confused multitude of things |
| noun | a stifling cloud of smoke |
| verb | envelop completely “smother the meat in gravy” |
| verb | deprive of oxygen and prevent from breathing “Othello smothered Desdemona with a pillow” |
| verb | conceal or hide “smother a yawn” |
| verb | form an impenetrable cover over “the butter cream smothered the cake” |
| verb | deprive of the oxygen necessary for combustion “smother fires” |
| clutter | verb | fill a space in a disorderly way |
| jumble | verb | bring into random order |
| muddle | verb | mix up or confuse |
| asphyxiation | noun | the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped) |
| asphyxia | noun | a condition in which insufficient or no oxygen and carbon dioxide are exchanged on a ventilatory basis; caused by choking or drowning or electric shock or poison gas |
| suffocation | noun | killing by depriving of oxygen |
| smotherer | noun | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |
| stifler | noun | a person who stifles or smothers or suppresses |
| stifling | noun | forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority |