Make and Smother

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Make

Make verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: the cats made quite a disturbance when they knocked the Christmas tree over
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Smother is an antonym for make.
Nearby Words: makeup, making, maker

Smother

Smother verb - To be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air.
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Antonyms for Smother
Make is an antonym for smother.
Nearby Words: smothered, smothering, smothery
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Common collocations

people make people smother people
time make time smother time
world make world smother world
friends make friends smother friends

Both words in one sentence

  • Literature / Break of Dark It's a fairly mild version of evil smelling bad, but it's sufficient to make Biddy smother her house in pine-scented air fresheners.
    Source: Literature / Break of Dark
  • Manga / Venus Capriccio My Beloved Smother: Akira's late mother used to be strict and would constantly make Akira practice the piano all the time so that he could surpass his father, who was a great pianist.
    Source: Manga / Venus Capriccio
  • Overlaps with My Beloved Smother - she's quite controlling of her football-jock older son and still coming to grips with her younger son's transgenderism, but if anyone else messes with them she will make their life miserable (and the school principal's as well, for good measure).
    Source: Mama Bear / Live-Action TV
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