stifle
🇺🇸
/ˈstaɪfl/
🇬🇧
/ˈstaɪfl/
verb
R
to stop something from happening or being expressed
The new rules stifle creativity and free thinking.
R
to have trouble breathing or make someone unable to breathe due to heat or lack of air
The thick smoke made it hard to breathe and began to stifle everyone in the room.
translation
to stop something from happening or being expressed; to have trouble breathing or make someone unable to breathe due to heat or lack of air
Word Forms
3rd Present
stifles
Past
stifled
Perfect
stifled
Progressive
stifling