Stifle

Noun

 * 1) A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses.
 * 2)  A bone disease of this region.

Verb

 * 1)  To interrupt or cut off.
 * 2)  To repress, keep in or hold back.
 * The army stifled the rebellion.
 * 1)  To smother or suffocate.
 * The heat was stifling the children.
 * 1)  To feel smothered etc.
 * The heat felt stifling.
 * 1)  To die of suffocation.
 * Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.

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