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stifle::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | knee |
| Type of | joint, articulation, articulatio |
stifle::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | asphyxiate, suffocate |
| Type of | pass, buy the farm, cash in one's chips, choke, conk, croak, decease, die, drop dead, exit, expire, give-up the ghost, go, kick the bucket, pass away, perish, pop off, snuff it |
| Has types | strangle |
| Verb group | smother, asphyxiate, suffocate |
Examples of stifle
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Fortunately we had resisted the temptation to stifle his curiosity and autonomy.
From the dailyherald.com
So I don't really see how assessing effectiveness is going to stifle innovation.
From the theatlantic.com
Still, this does not stifle the spirited entertainment or the sorrowful history.
From the time.com
Stereotyping can be convenient and soothing, but it tends to stifle fair debate.
From the newscientist.com
That they had clinched on a loss could not stifle the cheers or quell the party.
From the washingtonpost.com
Michael and I both managed to stifle ourselves, at least in the Quaker meeting.
From the post-gazette.com
Instead of addressing the problem, the authorities tried to stifle publication.
From the telegraph.co.uk
This will not stifle free press or investigative journalism of the right calibre.
From the guardian.co.uk
However, Cherry came up with a couple of point-blank saves to stifle that threat.
From the al.com
- Joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- Smother: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- Smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
- Suffocate: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- Suffocate: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- (stifled) smothered: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
- (stifling) sultry: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
- (stifling) suppression: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- Archibald "Archie" Bunker is a fictional character in the long-running and top-rated American television sitcom All in the Family and its spin-off Archie Bunker's Place. ...
