1.b> (; ), ( i>); he is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow , / ; most of the victims were stifled by the fumes / i> ; I felt I was stifling in the airless room , ; we almost stifled in the heat of the city ;
2.b> (, ), , ; to stifle a cry [a giggle] [] ; she managed to stifle a yawn ; they hope the new rules will not stifle creativity , / ; the government failed to stifle the unrest / .