smother

smother chicken in sauce.

smother a child with kisses

she smothered a sigh.

the goalkeeper was able to smother the ball.

a grave smothered in flowers

The fire is smothered by ashes.

proposals that would smother green fields with development.

the mussels overgrow and smother whatever is underneath.

all this vanished in a smother of foam.

The killer smothered the victim with a pillow.

We tried to smother our laughter.

The grandparents smothered the child with affection.

In autumn the grass is smothered with leaves.

I just managed to smother a yawn.

Management smothered the true facts of the case. We smothered our indignation and pressed onward.

rich orange sorbets smothered in fluffy whipped cream.

They tried to smother the flames with a damp blanket.

Don't put that cloth over the baby's face, you'll smother him!