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v. sti·fled, sti·fling, sti·fles
v.tr.
1. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
2. To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.
3. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
v.intr.
Example:I couldnt stifle my tears at the sight of the handicapped beggar.
Example:When the building caught fire, the fire brigade was called to stifle the burning flames.
1. To feel smothered or suffocated by or as if by close confinement in a stuffy room.
2. To die of suffocation.
Example:I couldnt stifle my tears at the sight of the handicapped beggar.
Example:When the building caught fire, the fire brigade was called to stifle the burning flames.