Best and Smother

Best

Best verb - To achieve a victory over.

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Smother and best are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Smother" instead a verb "Best".

Smother verb - To defeat by a large margin.

Usage example: the soccer team smothered their first few opponents in the championships, but lost narrowly in the final round

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Best and smother are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Best" instead a verb "Smother".

Nearby Words: smothered, smothering, smothery

best city

smother city

Not to mention, the very idea that a cat would lie down on a baby's face and smother it to death is, at best, implausible.

Source: Strawman Has a Point
There's also the Melissidae, who cast themselves as 'mother of their hive' (one example given is perfect housewife matriarch of the perfect nuclear family), but who use their psychic power to smother the individuality out of their 'children' to satisfy their 'mother knows best' need for control.

Source: My Beloved Smother
My Beloved Smother: "Best in Air Show" reveals that Minimus' mother Gemina is this, absolutely refusing to let him take part in the family's stunt flying work out of fear that he'll hurt himself.

Source: Western Animation / Sofia the First

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