Synonym: choke, smother, stop, suffocate, suppress. Similar words: stifled, stifling, rifle, rifled, trifle, riflery, rifle range, stiff. Meaning: ['staɪfl] 
n. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. v. 1. conceal or hide 2. smother or suppress 3. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of 4. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen.
n. joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee. v. 1. conceal or hide 2. smother or suppress 3. impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of 4. be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen. 
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1. Too strict a regulatory system will stifle innovation.
2. The government failed to stifle the unrest.
3. They hope the new rules will not stifle creativity.
4. She managed to stifle a yawn.
5. He struggled to stifle a yawn.
6. State bureaucracies can tend to stifle enterprise and initiative.
7. How can this party stifle debate on such a crucial issue?
8. Critics have accused the US of trying to stifle debate.
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23. She tried to stifle the insidious army of questions tentatively beginning to attack her.
24. Opposition leaders accused the government of introducing a guillotine motion to stifle debate.
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29. The richer the city the greater the incentive to stifle opposition.
30. Hunt lay with his face to the floor, trying to stifle his own noise.