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- Dictionarystifle/ˈstʌɪfl/
verb
- 1. make (someone) unable to breathe properly; suffocate: "those in the streets were stifled by the fumes" Similar
- 2. restrain (a reaction) or stop oneself acting on (an emotion): "she stifled a giggle" Similar Opposite
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STIFLE definition: 1. to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air: 2. to prevent something from…. Learn more.
The meaning of STIFLE is to withhold from circulation or expression. How to use stifle in a sentence.
If you stifle your natural feelings or behaviour, you prevent yourself from having those feelings or behaving in that way.
STIFLE meaning: 1. to (cause to) be unable to breathe because you have no air: 2. to prevent something from…. Learn more.
To stifle is to cut off, hold back, or smother. You may stifle your cough if you don't want to interrupt a lecture or you may stifle the competition if you fear losing.
Stifle definition: to quell, crush, or end by force. See examples of STIFLE used in a sentence.
Definition of stifle verb in Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary. Meaning, pronunciation, picture, example sentences, grammar, usage notes, synonyms and more.