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Word of the day
for
March 27
stifle
v
(
transitive
,
also
figuratively
)
To
make
(an
animal
or
person
)
unconscious
or
cause
(an animal or person)
death
by
preventing
breathing
; to
smother
, to
suffocate
.
(
transitive
,
hyperbolic
)
To cause (someone)
difficulty
in breathing, or a
choking
or
gagging
feeling
.
(
transitive
,
also
figuratively
)
To
prevent
(a
breath
,
cough
, or
cry
, or the
voice
, etc.) from being
released
from the
throat
.
(
transitive
)
To make (something)
unable
to be
heard
by
blocking
it with some
medium
.
(
transitive
,
figuratively
)
(
transitive
)
To
keep
in,
hold back
, or
repress
(something).
(
transitive
)
To prevent (something) from being
revealed
; to
conceal
, to
hide
, to
suppress
.
(
transitive
,
agriculture
(
sericulture
)
)
To
treat
(a
silkworm
cocoon
) with
steam
as
part
of the
process
of
silk
production
.
(
intransitive
)
To
die
of
suffocation
.
(
intransitive
,
hyperbolic
)
To
feel
smothered; to
find
it
difficult
to
breathe
.
stifle
n
(
rare
)
An
act
or
state
of being
stifled
. [...]
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