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SMOTHER [2 records]

Record 1 2016-06-21

English

Subject field(s)
  • General Vocabulary
DEF

To kill (a person or animal) by stopping the supply of air through the lungs, gills, or other respiratory organs.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Vocabulaire général
DEF

Tuer une personne ou un animal en l'empêchant de respirer.

Spanish

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Record 2 1995-09-11

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
OBS

Plants which choke others; plants which smother others

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
DEF

Empêcher le développement régulier des plantes par suite de la présence de plantes dominantes.

Spanish

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