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Meanings of smothered the flames in English

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Usage of smothered the flames in English
1
Grabbing a pillow he smothered the flames and saved baby and all.
The Mother and Her Child
2
Mr. Presby smothered the flames by throwing his great-coat upon it.
In School and Out; or, The Conquest of Richard Grant.
3
His roll down the gritty slope smothered the flames.
More Than Honor
4
Their clothes kept catching fire, smoldering out as the snow smothered the flames, only to ignite again.
Fragile Eternity
5
Sally ran to the cat; without stopping to think, she knelt and smothered the flames with her favorite blue dress.
Practical Magic
6
We used the hooks to pull down the bonfire, then we kicked the logs around in the mud and smothered the flames with the oxhides.
The fifth servant
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