Definition of stifle

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Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..

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Stifled :: Stifle (v. i.) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration..
Stifler :: Stifled (a.) Stifling.
Suffocating :: Suffocate (v. i.) To become choked, stifled, or smothered..
Stifler :: Stifler (n.) One who, or that which, stifles..
Smother :: Smother (v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled.
Stifling :: Stifled (imp. & p. p.) of Stifl.
Suffossion :: Suffocative (a.) Tending or able to choke or stifle.
Smudge :: Smudge (v. t.) To stifle or smother with smoke; to smoke by means of a smudge.
Querken :: Querken (v. t.) To stifle or choke.
Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
Stigmas :: Stifler (n.) See Camouflet.
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..
Extinguish :: Extinguish (v. t.) To quench; to put out, as a light or fire; to stifle; to cause to die out; to put an end to; to destroy; as, to extinguish a flame, or life, or love, or hope, a pretense or a right..
Strangle :: Strangle (v. t.) To stifle, choke, or suffocate in any manner..
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; as, to stifle one with smoke or dust..
Strangle :: Strangle (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; as, to stifle a story; to stifle passion..
Stive :: Stive (v. i.) To be stifled or suffocated.
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