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stifle
/sˈtaɪfəl/ · 6 letters · 6 distinct letters
- verb
conceal or hide
smother a yawn
- verb
smother or suppress
Stifle your curiosity
- noun
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
- verb
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
- verb
be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen
The child suffocated under the pillow