suffocates, buries, stifles, overpowers, overwhelms, subdues, stymies, crushes, destroys, topples, engulfs, upends, snuffs, tames, rips, flusters, thwarts, thrashes, flattens, decimates, devours, blackens, obliterates, sneaks, propels, outlasts, scuttles, chokes, wallops, ignites, evades, slathers, annihilates, outruns, manhandles, stuns, pounces, soaks, deflates, envelops, tramples, clobbers, dooms, pulverizes, dodges, robs, dislodges, nurtures, neutralizes, devastates, frustrates, dampens, extinguishes, displaces, stirs, vanishes, dazzles, rouses, clings, spawns, fizzles, drowns, demolishes, repels, banishes, sabotages, nips, overtakes, quiets, slays, hurls, shuts, stuffs, spurns, squelches, softens, stomps, rends, imperils, humbles, disintegrates, eludes, demoralizes, submerges, overcomes, shrivels, explodes, deflects, bulldozes, hinders, succumbs, uproots, suppresses, crumples, cripples, penetrates, pokes, terrorizes, nourishes, vanquishes, invades, trounces

smotherer, stifler