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stiflesverbpresent tense third-person singular 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 chokes, smothers, strangles, suffocates garrotes(or garottes), throttlesasphyxiatesdrownscroaks(slang), destroys, dispatches, does in, fells, slays breathes, exhales, expires, inhales, inspiresresuscitates, revives to refrain from openly showing or utteringstifled a yawn chokes (back), holds back, pockets, represses, sinks, smothers, strangles, submerges, suppresses, swallows controls, governs, managesbridles, checks, curbs, quashes, quellsbottles up, containsmuffles, squelches expresses, looses, releases, takes out, unleashes, vents to deaden the sound ofhe stifled a cough with his hand muffles, mutes insulates, soundproofspadsdampens, mellows, softens, subdues, tones (down)bafflessmothers unmuffles amplifies, boosts, deepens, enhances, heightens, increases, magnifies, steps up, strengthens |