"stifle" meaning in English

See stifle in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈstaɪfl̩/ [UK], /ˈstaɪf(ə)l/ [US] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-stifle.wav [UK] Forms: stifle [canonical], stifles [third-person, singular], stifled [past], stifled [past, participle], stifling [present, participle]
Head templates: {{verb|stifl|e}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you stifle a good thing, you keep it from continuing.
    Sense id: simple-stifle-en-verb-vgaEkm26
     
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