smother

[1]	suffocate , stifle , choke , asphyxiate , throttle , strangle , snuff (out) , kill
[2]	be suffocated/stifled/asphyxiated , be choked/strangled , be killed
[3]	overwhelm , surround , overcome , blanket , inundate , cover , shower , envelop , wrap , enshroud , surround
[4]	repress , asphyxiate , suffocate , subdue , suppress , conceal , hide , keep/hold back , cover up , mask , choke back/down , check , stifle , muffle , blanket , blank out
[5]	extinguish , stifle , strangle , put out , snuff out , muffle , repress
[6]	put out

[1]	clutter , jumble , muddle , fuddle , mare's nest , welter