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smother meaning in Urdu

چھپانا

/ˈsmʌðə/US/ˈsməðər/

smother in Urdu: چھپانا, دبانا, گلا گھوٹنا. In English, smother means to suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.

Urdu words for smother

چھپانا, دبانا, گلا گھوٹنا

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 Urdu

What is the meaning of smother in Urdu?
Smother in Urdu is چھپانا, دبانا, گلا گھوٹنا.
smother کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Smother: چھپانا, دبانا, گلا گھوٹنا.
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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Urdu words from Urdu Wiktionary: smother (page history and authors). 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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