Word: stifled
To interrupt or cut off.
To repress, keep in or hold back. Example: The army stifled the rebellion.
To smother or suffocate. Example: The heat was stifling the children.
To feel smothered etc. Example: The heat felt stifling.
To die of suffocation. Example: Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.
To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.
That has been interrupted, suppressed etc Example: The stifled attempt at reform led to further resentment.
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