Definitions
causing difficulty in breathing especially through lack of fresh air and presence of heat
Word origin
Inherited from Middle English smorþering.
Used in a sentence
“I do hope there will be no oniony and tobaccoey smotherings in the form of embracings all round, going on in the streets.”
“When he came to, he begged me not to tell the hotel management, as his last two attempted smotherings had ended in failure and he was worried about losing his job.”
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