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smother meaning in Odia

କୁହୁଳିବା kuhuḷibā

/ˈsmʌðə/US/ˈsməðər/

smother in Odia: କୁହୁଳିବା (kuhuḷibā). In English, smother means to suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

Odia words for smother

to smother
କୁହୁଳିବା kuhuḷibā

English meaning of smother

  1. verb To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
  2. verb To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
  3. verb To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish.
  4. verb To cook in a close dish.

Full definition of smother

smother in a sentence

  • He smothered her by pressing his hand over her mouth.
  • to smother a fire with ashes
  • The committee's report was smothered.

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Questions about smother in Odia

What is the meaning of smother in Odia?
Smother in Odia is କୁହୁଳିବା (kuhuḷibā).
smother ର ଓଡ଼ିଆ ଅର୍ଥ କଣ?
Smother: କୁହୁଳିବା (kuhuḷibā).
What does smother mean in English?
Smother means to suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

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Odia words from Wiktionary's Odia entries whose English meaning is “smother”: କୁହୁଳିବା. English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: smother (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Odia words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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