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Stifle
ˈstʌɪfl
Stifle definitions
verb
stifle
stifled
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stifling
- make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate
"those in the streets were stifled by the fumes"
- restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion)
"she stifled a giggle"
suppress smother restrain keep back hold back hold in fight back choke back gulp back withhold check keep in check swallow muffle quench curb silence contain bottle up- prevent or constrain (an activity or idea)
"high taxes were stifling private enterprise"