stifle
/ˈstaɪfəl/
दबाना
noun
1. knee
joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped
corresponds to the human knee
verb
1. smother, strangle, muffle, repress
suppress in order to conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a laugh"
"repress a cry of fear"
2. dampen
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
"Stifle your curiosity"
3. suffocate, asphyxiate, choke
impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of
"The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
4. suffocate, asphyxiate
be asphyxiated
die from lack of oxygen
"The child suffocated under the pillow"
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