stifle

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• ⇰ To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means; <as>as, to <ex>stifle</ex> one with smoke or dust</as>.
• ⇰ To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench; <as>as, to <ex>stifle</ex> the breath; to <ex>stifle</ex> a fire or flame</as>.
• ⇰ To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge; <as>as, to <ex>stifle</ex> a story; to <ex>stifle</ex> passion</as>.

• ⇰ The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint>. See >Illust. > under Horse>.

• ⇰ To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.