On the rugged coast of county clare, val ahern's husband is found dead at the foot of a cliff the morning after a family party The matriarch starts to dig into the family's secrets to find out who might be responsible. The meaning of smother is to kill by depriving of air How to use smother in a sentence. Several animals were smothered by smoke from the fire To smother someone is to kill someone by covering the person’s face, making it impossible to breathe.
To stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing. See examples of smother used in a sentence. To stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing To extinguish or deaden (fire, coals, etc.) by covering so as to exclude air To cover closely or thickly To smother a steak with mushrooms
