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Stifle

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Pronounce Stifle as S T IY F L EH.

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to suppress or restrain something; to hold something back

stifle, knee(verb)

joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress(verb)

conceal or hide

"smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"

stifle, dampen(verb)

smother or suppress

"Stifle your curiosity"

suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke(verb)

impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of

"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate(verb)

be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen

"The child suffocated under the pillow"

to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable air

unfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault

to refrain from openly showing or uttering

stifled a yawn

to deaden the sound of

he stifled a cough with his hand

I had to stifle my anger in front of him.

articulatio genus knee knee joint human knee genu keep down cramp muffle surround quash halter suppress asphyxiate subjugate gag mute strangulate throttle reduce hamper repress put out damp suffocate dull smother choke dampen tone down strangle subdue moisten weaken break soften wash deaden drop dead pop off give up the ghost foul fret kick the bucket expire buy the farm pass away perish croak clog conk clog up back up snuff it decease go pass choke off die exit congest scrag restrain hinder cool extinguish quench burke check stop destroy still hush silence muzzle nip quell oppress choke (back) hold back pocket sink submerge swallow

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