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smothered

/ˈsmʌðərd/ /ˈsmʌðɚd/

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verb

Étouffer, suffoquer

To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

Examples :

"The heavy blanket smothered me in my sleep, making it hard to breathe. "

La couverture épaisse m'a étouffé dans mon sommeil, rendant la respiration difficile.

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verb

Étouffer, éteindre

To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.

Examples :

"to smother a fire with ashes"

Étouffer un feu avec des cendres.

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Étouffer, réprimer

To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish

Examples :

"The heavy workload completely smothered his enthusiasm for the new job. "

La lourde charge de travail a complètement étouffé son enthousiasme pour le nouveau travail.

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verb

Étouffer, mijoter

In cookery: to cook in a close dish.

Examples :

"beefsteak smothered with onions"

Bifteck de boeuf étouffé aux oignons

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verb

Enduire, barbouiller

To daub or smear.

Examples :

"The toddler smothered his face with mashed potatoes during lunch. "

Le bambin a enduit son visage de purée de pommes de terre pendant le déjeuner.

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verb

Être étouffé

To be suffocated.

Examples :

"The firefighter pulled the person from the burning building before they were smothered by the thick smoke. "

Le pompier a sorti la personne de l'immeuble en feu avant qu'elle ne soit étouffée par l'épaisse fumée.

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verb

Étouffer

To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.

Examples :

"The firefighter coughed, feeling smothered by the thick smoke inside the burning building. "

Le pompier toussa, se sentant étouffé par l'épaisse fumée à l'intérieur du bâtiment en feu.

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verb

Couver, se consumer

(of a fire) to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.

Examples :

"The campfire, left unattended, slowly smothered under a thick layer of ash. "

Le feu de camp, laissé sans surveillance, se consumait lentement sous une épaisse couche de cendres.

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verb

Étouffer, réprimer

To perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.

Examples :

"The small fire was smothered by the thick blanket, preventing it from spreading. "

Le petit feu a été étouffé par la couverture épaisse, l'empêchant de se propager.

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verb

Contrer un tir

To get in the way of a kick of the ball.

Examples :

"The defender smothered the attacker's kick, preventing the ball from going towards the goal. "

Le défenseur a contré le tir de l'attaquant, empêchant le ballon d'aller vers le but.

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verb

Contrer le tir

To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.

Examples :

"The defender smothered the forward's shot by quickly getting his hands over the ball right after it left her foot, stopping it from going to the goal. "

Le défenseur a contré le tir de l'attaquant en plaçant rapidement ses mains sur le ballon juste après qu'il ait quitté son pied, l'empêchant d'aller au but.