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stifledverbpast tense of stifle 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 choked, smothered, strangled, suffocated garroted(or garotted), throttledasphyxiateddrownedcroaked(slang), destroyed, did in, dispatched, felled, slew breathed, exhaled, expired, inhaled, inspiredresuscitated, revived to refrain from openly showing or utteringstifled a yawn choked (back), held back, pocketed, repressed, sank(or sunk), smothered, strangled, submerged, suppressed, swallowed controlled, governed, managedbridled, checked, curbed, quashed, quelledbottled up, containedmuffled, squelched expressed, loosed, released, took out, unleashed, vented to deaden the sound ofhe stifled a cough with his hand muffled, muted insulated, soundproofedpaddeddampened, mellowed, softened, subdued, toned (down)baffledsmothered unmuffled amplified, boosted, deepened, enhanced, heightened, increased, magnified, stepped up, strengthened |