Synonyms for smothered
smoth·ered

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1. smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressedadjective

   held in check with difficulty

   "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"

   Synonyms:
   suppressed, stifled, strangled

   Antonyms:
   bare, uninhibited

2. smotheredadjective

   completely covered

   "bonnets smothered with flowers"; "smothered chicken is chicken cooked in a seasoned gravy"

   Synonyms:
   suppressed, stifled, strangled

   Antonyms:
   uninhibited, bare

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1. List of paraphrases for "smothered":

   stifled, suffocated, choked, nipped, asphyxiated, muffled, whitewashed, strangled

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1. Lisa Krimsky:

   They’re essentially being smothered out.

2. Bruce Thomson:

   These organisms are adapted to live in fast-moving streams with sand and gravel bottoms, and now we’re covering most of that sand and gravel with light, fluffy sludge, it’ll plug up the pours and the organisms will be smothered. They need the sand and gravel to provide nutrients and oxygen.

3. Mark Levin:

   The Democrat Party doesn't believe in speech and that's the whole point of this book, ‘American Marxism.’ We have these elements in this country that are embracing the totalitarianism of an Americanized form of Marxism, it’s on our college campuses, where academic freedom is really a joke, free speech on the internet is really a joke. More and more of our liberties are being smothered, and somebody needs to bring attention to it, needs to give it the right name and needs to talk about how we confront it. And that's the point of the book.

4. Joe Biden:

   We're going to fight for environmental justice and create clean energy jobs and apprentices and front-line fence communities that have been smothered by the legacy of pollution.

5. Lisa Krimsky:

   It is absolutely devastating for the region. they’re essentially being smothered out.