Smother

Ersticken

(suppression)

Erstickung

(suppression)

Qualm

(stifling smoke)

Schmorbraten

(cookware)

Schmorgut

(cookware)

Schwelen

(slow combustion)

Staubdecke

(thick dust)

Staubschicht

(thick dust)

Verschwelung

(slow combustion)

abdecken

(to daub or smear)

bedecken

(to daub or smear)

dämpfen

(to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity)

ersticken

(to suffocate)

ersticken

(to extinguish or deaden)

ersticken

(Figuratively: to perish, grow feeble, or decline)

schmoren

(to cook in a close dish)

schwelen

(to burn very slowly for want of air)

unterdrücken

(to reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity)

überziehen

(to daub or smear)