smouldering
verb
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To burn with no flame and little smoke.
To show signs of repressed anger or suppressed mental turmoil or other strong emotion, such as passion.
To exist in a suppressed or hidden state.
verb
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To smother; to suffocate; to choke.
noun
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(sometimes figurative) The act by which something smoulders; residual heat.
Example: the smoulderings of the Thirty Years War