Looking for the meaning or definition of the word stifle? That's all it means.
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 airunfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault
to refrain from openly showing or utteringstifled a yawn
to deaden the sound ofhe stifled a cough with his hand
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