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    sti·fle
    [ˈstīf(ə)l]
    verb
    stifled (past tense) · stifled (past participle)
    1. make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate:
      "those in the streets were stifled by the fumes"
    2. restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion):
      "she stifled a giggle" · "he stifled a desire to turn and flee" · "she gave a stifled cry of disappointment"
      • prevent or constrain (an activity or idea):
        "high taxes were stifling private enterprise"
    Origin
    late Middle English: perhaps from a frequentative of Old French estouffer ‘smother, stifle’.
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    verb
    1. make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate:
      suffocate
      choke
      asphyxiate
      smother
    2. restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion):
      suppress
      smother
      restrain
      keep back
      hold back
      hold in
      fight back
      choke back
      withhold
      check
      swallow
      muffle
      quench
      curb
      silence
      contain
      bottle up
      bite one's lip
      gulp back
      keep in check
      cork up
      Opposite:
      let out
     
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  1. Stifled means12:
    • To (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air.
    • To kill by depriving of or die from lack of oxygen or air.
    • To keep in check by deliberate effort; repress.
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    to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air: He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow. We almost stifled in the heat of the city.

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    stifled; stifling -f (ə-)liŋ 1 : to kill by depriving of or die from lack of oxygen or air : smother 2 : to keep in check by deliberate effort : repress trying to stifle a sneeze

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    What does stifled mean?
    These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. STIFLED definition: 1. past simple and past participle of stifle 2. to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have….

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    What does trying to stifle mean?
    : the joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (such as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee see horse illustration Verb trying to stifle a cry I had to stifle the desire to yell “Stop!”. Students at the school are stifled by the pressure to score high on tests.

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    Where does stifle come from?
    According to the Oxford English Dictionary a derivation from Old Norse stífla (“to dam; to choke, stop up”) “appears untenable on the ground both of form and sense”. The noun is derived from the verb. stifle (third-person singular simple present stifles, present participle stifling, simple past and past participle stifled)

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    What does it mean if someone stifles a good thing?
    If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. Too many regulations might stifle creativity. 5 meanings: 1. to smother or suppress 2. to feel or cause to feel discomfort and difficulty in breathing 3. to prevent or be.... Click for more definitions.

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    What is an example of a stifling adjective?
    She stifled a cough / yawn / scream / sneeze. I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger. We should be encouraging new ideas, not stifling them. In English, many past and present participles of verbs can be used as adjectives. Some of these examples may show the adjective use.

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    What does stifle a yawn mean?
    If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. Regulations on children stifled creativity. [VERB noun] Critics have accused the U.S. of trying to stifle debate. [VERB noun] If you stifle a yawn or laugh, you prevent yourself from yawning or laughing. She makes no attempt to stifle a yawn. [VERB noun]

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