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stifling::noun | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | crushing, quelling, suppression |
| Type of | bar, prevention |
| Has types | crackdown |
| Derivation | stifle |
the stifling of all dissent.
stifling::adjective | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | sulfurous, sulphurous, sultry |
the stifling atmosphere.
Examples of stifling
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Overbroad or burdensome regulation carries the risk of stifling that innovation.
From the sacbee.com
When it involves too much regulation, it feels as if it is stifling what is new.
From the telegraph.co.uk
Green Bay held a 29-point halftime team thanks to its stifling full-court press.
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Obama wants stifling regulation and a transfer of dollars from doers to whiners.
From the ocregister.com
The windowless press work room, underneath the stands, was cramped and stifling.
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After the stifling regime of Eric Mangini, New York players couldn't be happier.
From the latimes.com
The defense was stifling, the shooting inefficient, the action intense and ugly.
From the sltrib.com
Though basically well intentioned, the law risks stifling women's participation.
From the latitude.blogs.nytimes.com
Those at the rally interpreted it as a means of stifling democratic competition.
From the swampland.time.com
- Sultry: characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
- Suppression: forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- (stifle) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- (stifle) smother: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- (stifle) smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
- (stifle) suffocate: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
- (stifled) smothered: held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
- (Stifle!) 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. ...
- Describing something that stifles
