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Stifle

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Definitions for Stifle

noun
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped
Synonyms
knee
Examples
  1. corresponds to the human knee
verb
suppress in order to conceal or hide
Synonyms
smother strangle muffle repress
Examples
  1. smother a yawn
  2. muffle one's anger
  3. strangle a laugh
  4. repress a cry of fear
verb
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
Synonyms
dampen
Examples
  1. Stifle your curiosity
verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Synonyms
suffocate asphyxiate choke
Examples
  1. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
verb
be asphyxiated
Synonyms
suffocate asphyxiate
Examples
  1. die from lack of oxygen
  2. The child suffocated under the pillow

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