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Stifling

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Definitions for Stifling

noun
forceful prevention
Synonyms
suppression crushing quelling
Examples
  1. putting down by power or authority
  2. the suppression of heresy
  3. the quelling of the rebellion
  4. the stifling of all dissent
adjective
characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
Synonyms
sultry sulfurous sulphurous
Examples
  1. the summer was sultry and oppressive
  2. the stifling atmosphere
  3. the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
verb
suppress in order to conceal or hide
Synonyms
smother stifle 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
stifle dampen
Examples
  1. Stifle your curiosity
verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
Synonyms
suffocate stifle asphyxiate choke
Examples
  1. The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
verb
be asphyxiated
Synonyms
suffocate stifle asphyxiate
Examples
  1. die from lack of oxygen
  2. The child suffocated under the pillow

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