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Mr. Tom Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary

The aroma of the food was curbed by the wood burning nearby.

Hi

I don't know if the underlined word (verb) works or not. Does it? Can you offer me a better word please?

The aroma of the food was curbed by the wood burning nearby. 

Thanks,

Tom
  

Top answer

"curbed" doesn't work well for me. Would "overpowered" express what you mean?

— GPY

  • "curbed" doesn't work well for me.
  • Would "overpowered" express what you mean?
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"curbed" doesn't work well for me. Would "overpowered" express what you mean?
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Thanks, GPY. So are these completely natural?

The aroma of the food was overpowered by the wood burning nearby.

The wood burning nearby overpowered the aroma of the food.

Tom

PS: By the way, Google offered these words as synonyms of overpower. Would any of these work also?

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The aroma of the food was masked by the smoke from the wood burning nearby.
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Mr. TomPS: By the way, Google offered these words as synonyms of overpower. Would any of these work also?master , control , overthrow , overturn , upset ,subdue , suppress , subjugate , hegemonize , repress , quell , quash , crush
I wouldn't use any of those.

Whichever verb you choose, I agree with the point implied by AS's reply that more accurately
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