To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
To prevent (something) from being revealed; to conceal, to hide, to suppress.
To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
To feel smothered; to find it difficult to breathe.
To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.
To die of suffocation.
To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
An act or state of being stifled.
A bone disease of this region.
The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
To prevent publication.
To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
To stop a flow or stream.
To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.