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SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
SOWPODS (Collins Scrabble Words)
OTCWL2014 (NASPA Word List 2014)
TWL06 (NASPA List 2006)
"Stifle" Definition
noun
The joint of the hind leg analogous to the human knee in certain quadrupeds, such as the horse.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
The joint next above the hock in the hind leg of a quadruped (as a horse or dog) corresponding to the human knee .
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb
To kill by depriving of oxygen .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To cut off (as the voice or breath).
Source: Merriam-Webster
To withhold from circulation or expression .
Source: Merriam-Webster
To be or become unable to breathe easily .
Source: Merriam-Webster
verb-intransitive
To die of suffocation.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To feel smothered or suffocated by or as if by close confinement in a stuffy room.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
verb-transitive
To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To keep in or hold back; repress: stifled my indignation.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
Source: American Heritage Dictionary
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