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verb : STIFLED
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear" ;
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3. (
) impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" ;
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4. (
) be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow" ;
Adjective : STIFLED
Source:WordNet 3.1
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1. (
) held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter" ;
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