Wiktionary:Word of the day/2021/March 27

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Word of the day
for March 27
stifle v
  1. (transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
  2. (transitive, hyperbolic) To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
  3. (transitive, also figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
  4. (transitive) To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
  5. (transitive, figuratively)
    1. (transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
    2. (transitive) To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
  6. (transitive, agriculture (sericulture)) To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
  7. (intransitive) To die of suffocation.
  8. (intransitive, hyperbolic) To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.

stifle n

  1. (rare) An act or state of being stifled.
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