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stifle verb

  /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/ , /ˈstaɪfl̩/
  • (transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
  • (transitive, also, figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
  • (transitive) To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
 étouffer
  • (transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
 réprimer
  • (intransitive) To die of suffocation.
 suffoquer

stifle noun

  /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/ , /ˈstaɪfl̩/
  • (zootomy) The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
 grasset

stifling adjective

  /ˈstaɪflɪŋ/
  • That stifles.
 étouffant
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