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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. Unable to breathe
    stifle verb (NO AIR) [ I or T ] 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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    sti•fle1 /ˈstaɪfəl/ v. [ ~ + object], -fled, -fling. to crush by force: to stifle a rebellion. to hold back, keep back, or withhold: I tried to stifle my laughter. to smother and kill (someone): The maniac stifled his victims with a pillow.

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    • Stifle

      STIFLE meaning: 1. to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air: 2. …

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    Simple past tense and past participle of stifle. That has been interrupted, suppressed etc. The stifled attempt at reform led to further resentment. She stifled a laugh, and he gave her a sidelong glance. He bit, and she stifled a cry. Jessi …

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