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stifle Verb

— If you stifle a good thing, you keep it from continuing. The traditions at the company stifle the change we need.

stifle

— verb (= smother, strangle, muffle) conceal or hide smother a yawn muffle one's anger strangle a yawn — verb smother or suppress Stifle your curiosity — noun (= knee) joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee — verb (= suffocate, asphyxiate) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen The child suffocated under the pillow — verb (= suffocate) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of The foul air was slowly suffocating the children

Synonyms stifle synonyms

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stifle English » English

suffocate choke suppress smother repress asphyxiate strangle quell muffle quench inhibit oppress dampen squelch restrain curb crush control withhold throttle stem run over retain quash put out press knee hold back gag extinguish detain deaden damp choke off check bridle brake tuck in trample swallow suppression suffocated subdue strangulate stay squeeze slake ruffle reserve rein in

Topics stifle topics

What do people use stifle to talk about?
Universe, creation Animal

Parts of an animal
Person Life Die

Kill
Language and thought Communication Sign, symbol

Laugh

Conjugation stifle conjugation

How do you conjugate stifle?

stifle · verb

Examples stifle examples

How do I use stifle in a sentence?

Simple sentences

High taxes stifle economic growth.

Movie subtitles

The Marquis shuts himself in his library, trying to stifle his remorse.
I won't stifle him with bitterness.
Please, Gerda, they stifle me.
One arm is half-bent towards the hair. the other hand rests on the chin, finger to mouth. as though to stifle a cry.
That's right. And don't stifle your emotions.
Stifle it.
On the day that this government does anything arbitrarily to stifle those views, it will have to change form.
It's not my intention to stifle free thought but we are getting away from Edward's dizziness.
No doubt we have no right to blame the accused for lacking qualities he is morally incapable of but here in this court we must stifle the human inclination to be tolerant and submit our will to the loftier demands of that noble ideal which is justice.
In a Boleslav inn they tried to stifle me!
They'll have to stifle you with a sofa pillow.
We'll stifle here if we do not strike free.
But you mustn't let that stifle your will to work.
With one hand, he tried to stifle my voice, with the other hand, he held me so tightly, I thought I was already defeated.
No, no, let me go, I groped to stifle my envy, sleeping.
A hand cast down, the other on your chin, index finger over your mouth. as if to stifle a cry.
And don't stifle your emotions.
You can't let this job stifle your mind, buddy boy.
A country of enormous social contrasts, where bureaucracy and censorship are omnipresent, where the authorities stifle human rights.
Stifle it!
Stifle it, Nicole.
And stifle and destroy this desert!
Don't stifle me creatively.
Stifle it, Kimmy.
Lisa! No, no, Homer, don't stifle the youngster.
No prison can stifle mankind's cry for freedom.
An arm half-bent toward your hair. A hand cast down, the other on your chin, index finger over your mouth. as if to stifle a cry.
Look how he's caught the stifle.
Plato's unease with the world as revealed by our senses was to dominate and stifle Western philosophy.
Must a man stifle to death in his own cellar?
No, no, Homer, don't stifle the youngster.
Don't stifle the boy, Marge.
You stifle her the way your father stifled you!
Charles confessed to me when we were adults that. when we were teenagers, he had to stifle the urge to stick a knife in my heart.
Stifle your racket.

News and current affairs

But the public often views interest-rate increases as negative events that increase unemployment and stifle growth.
It is usually assumed that developing economies need to build resources that emulate those in the developed world, but this could actually stifle the most creative thinking.
If both sides can stifle their murderous deviances, the hope of cultural and political reconciliation will be reborn.
And, although Turkmenbashi died in December, his successor, Gurbanguly Berdymukhammedov, has continued to imprison dissidents, stifle freedom of expression, and scoff at democracy, as February's rigged elections demonstrate.
But as the storm clouds gather in the coming year, the political coalition that put Bush in power will stifle progress in undoing the fiscal mess.
It can stifle public debate.
High taxes and burdensome regulations stifle the labor market and potential new businesses.
But this supposed free-trade zone seems more like a recipe to enrich oligarchs and stifle competition, not promote trade.
Its creditors believed that this approach would stifle growth even more, so they advocated increasing the tax base, such as by eliminating the lower value-added tax rates enjoyed by Greek islands, instead.
It would stifle growth and increase unemployment - and even fail to decrease the debt-to-GDP ratio.
Oppressive, blanket regulation, which may be necessary in complex and unpredictable financial markets, may not be relevant in a rural community - or, worse, it may stifle efforts to promote financial inclusion.
Abuses in one place, no matter how grotesque, should not be used to stifle criticism in another.
To stifle the independent judiciary and free media.
But too much control would almost certainly stifle innovation, increase costs, and probably exclude important anti-establishment voices.
Still, politicians and maybe even some central bankers continue to be concerned about the currency, because they fear that a stronger euro could stifle exports, thus weakening overall economic performance.
A global economy that recognizes the need for and value of institutional diversity would foster rather than stifle such experimentation and evolution.
But autocratic regimes, we learned through the disappointments of detente, are unusually well equipped to stifle yearnings for freedom among their populace.
For example, we know that we should lower interest rates and inject liquidity to fight stagnation, and that we should raise policy rates and banks' cash-reserve ratios to stifle inflation.

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