stifle
11stifle — *suffocate, asphyxiate, smother, choke, strangle, throttle …
12stifle — [v] prevent, restrain asphyxiate, black out, bring to screeching halt*, burke, check, choke, choke back, clamp down*, clam up*, constipate, cork, cover up, crack down*, curb, dry up*, extinguish, gag, hold it down, hush, hush up, kill*, muffle,… …
13stifle — [[t]sta͟ɪf(ə)l[/t]] stifles, stifling, stifled 1) VERB (disapproval) If someone stifles something you consider to be a good thing, they prevent it from continuing. [V n] Regulations on children stifled creativity... [V n] Critics have accused the …
14stifle — sti|fle [ˈstaıfəl] v [Date: 1300 1400; Origin: Probably from Old French estouffer to stifle ] 1.) [T] to stop something from happening or developing ≠ ↑encourage ▪ rules and regulations that stifle innovation ▪ How can this party stifle debate on …
15stifle — stifle1 stifler, n. /stuy feuhl/, v., stifled, stifling. v.t. 1. to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression. 2. to suppress, curb, or withhold: to stifle a yawn. 3. to kill by impeding respiration; smother.… …
16stifle — UK [ˈstaɪf(ə)l] / US verb Word forms stifle : present tense I/you/we/they stifle he/she/it stifles present participle stifling past tense stifled past participle stifled 1) a) [transitive] to stop someone from breathing b) [intransitive] to find… …
17stifle — I. /ˈstaɪfəl / (say stuyfuhl) verb (stifled, stifling) –verb (t) 1. to kill by impeding respiration; smother. 2. to keep back or repress: to stifle a yawn. 3. to suppress, crush, or stop: to stifle a revolt. –verb (i) 4. to become stifled or… …
18stifle — sti|fle [ staıfl ] verb 1. ) transitive to stop something from developing normally: Businesses are being stifled by a lot of new regulations. an attempt to stifle innovation/debate/democracy 2. ) transitive to stop yourself from doing something… …
19stifle — verb (T) 1 (I, T) to stop someone from breathing or be unable to breathe comfortably, especially because the air is too hot or not fresh: He was almost stifled by the fumes. 2 (T) to stop something from happening or developing: rules and… …
20stifle — 1. v. 1 tr. smother, suppress (stifled a yawn). 2 intr. & tr. experience or cause to experience constraint of breathing (stifling heat). 3 tr. kill by suffocating. Derivatives: stifler n. stiflingly adv. Etymology: perh. alt. of ME stuffe,… …
