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stifling in WordNet English dictionary

noun
  1. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority
    "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
    suppression  crushing  quelling  stifling 
adjective
  1. characterized by oppressive heat and humidity
    "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
    sultry  stifling  sulfurous  sulphurous 
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