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stifle in WordNet English dictionary

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