Definition of stifle

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Stifling (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Stifl.

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Stifling :: Stifled (imp. & p. p.) of Stifl.
Stifler :: Stifler (n.) One who, or that which, stifles..
Scomfish :: Scomfish (v. t. & i.) To suffocate or stifle; to smother.
Stive :: Stive (v. i.) To be stifled or suffocated.
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..
Stifle :: Stifle (v. t.) To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; as, to stifle the breath; to stifle a fire or flame..
Querken :: Querken (v. t.) To stifle or choke.
Suffossion :: Suffocative (a.) Tending or able to choke or stifle.
Suffocate :: Suffocate (v. t.) To choke or kill by stopping respiration; to stifle; to smother.
Smother :: Smother (v. i.) To be suffocated or stifled.
Stigmas :: Stifler (n.) See Camouflet.
Stifled :: Stifle (v. i.) To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration..
Deaf :: Deaf (a.) Obscurely heard; stifled; deadened.
Suffocating :: Suffocate (v. i.) To become choked, stifled, or smothered..
Strangle :: Strangle (v. t.) To hinder from appearance; to stifle; to suppress.
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle..
Choke :: Choke (v. t.) To hinder or check, as growth, expansion, progress, etc.; to stifle..
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..
Stifled :: Stifle (n.) The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under Horse..
Stifler :: Stifled (a.) Stifling.
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