
Xem thêm: suppression, crushing, quelling, sultry, sulfurous, sulphurous, knee, smother, strangle, muffle, repress, dampen, suffocate, asphyxiate, choke, suffocate, asphyxiate
n.
the suppression of heresy
the quelling of the rebellion
the stifling of all dissent
adj.
the summer was sultry and oppressive
the stifling atmosphere
the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm
n.
v.
smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
strangle a yawn
Stifle your curiosity
The foul air was slowly suffocating the children
The child suffocated under the pillow