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stifleverb to be or cause to be killed by lack of breathable airunfortunately, the robbers were stifled when they got trapped in the airless bank vault choke, smother, strangle, suffocate garrote(or garotte), throttleasphyxiatedrowncroak(slang), destroy, dispatch, do in, fell, slay breathe, exhale, expire, inhale, inspireresuscitate, revive to refrain from openly showing or utteringstifled a yawn choke (back), hold back, pocket, repress, sink, smother, strangle, submerge, suppress, swallow control, govern, managebridle, check, curb, quash, quellbottle up, containmuffle, squelch express, loose, release, take out, unleash, vent to deaden the sound ofhe stifled a cough with his hand muffle, mute insulate, soundproofpaddampen, mellow, soften, subdue, tone (down)bafflesmother unmuffle amplify, boost, deepen, enhance, heighten, increase, magnify, step up, strengthen in the 14th century |