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Stifle (Verb)

Suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children".

Verbs of touching, hitting, tying, digging.

Suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity; "Stifle your curiosity".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..

Be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow".

Verbs of size, temperature change, intensifying, etc..