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Meanings of smother the flames in inglês

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Usage of smother the flames in inglês
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People pushed him to the ground and tried to smother the flames.
The Guardian
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Everyone not manning the sweeps dashed to help smother the flames.
Assail
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However amicable this arrangement seemed, it did not smother the flames of discord.
The Hispanic Nations of the New World: A Chronicle of Our Southe...
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There was no large source of water nearby, no way to smother the flames.
The dark griffin
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Down into the earth he went to smother the flames and then up again.
Prince Lestat
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Daddy was horrified, of course, dragging her to the curtains, trying to smother the flames.
The distant hours
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People had come rushing up to smother the flames.
The girl who played with fire
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Les, muttering wrathfully, hauled the bedclothes off the recumbent Larry and used them to smother the flames.
The corfu trilogy
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Throwing water over everything would have made matters worse, so blankets were used to smother the flames.
The Home of the Blizzard / Being the Story of the Australasian A...
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She yanked a tablecloth from under a miniature display table and set about helping April smother the flames.
Dolly departed
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He barely managed to roll over far enough to smother the flames on his robe, then fell back.
Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith
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But she'll make a big blaze before they manage to get enough water going to smother the flames.
Jack Winters' Gridiron Chums
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Though he'd never had a hangover, he somehow knew that ice cream would smother the flames in his stomach.
Funland
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The women vainly endeavored to smother the flames; and, after some unpleasant scenes, my father was the first to quit the society.
Autobiography: Truth and Fiction Relating to My Life
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Stone golems strode unflinchingly into burning buildings past saving, and pulled them down, using the weight of the rubble to smother the flames.
Sharper than a serpent's tooth
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He can be seeing rolling on the ground in an effort to smother the flames as a group of people rush over to help.
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