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stifled
[stahy-fuhld]
adjective
quelled, crushed, or ended by force.
The activist has been in and out of detention as she continues to call attention to her country's stifled uprising.
suppressed, repressed, or inhibited.
My foot slipped, and with a stifled shriek I found myself grasping desperately for a handhold.
One version of me grew up as expected, appearing as a confident adult to the outside world; the other remained a stifled, insecure child.
deprived of air or of the ability to breathe.
The light is mixed with the dust floating in the stifled hut, where the air inside never moves.
When I see that picture of the stifled refugees hidden in the van, I don’t understand the heartlessness that permits such a thing.
verb
the simple past tense and past participle of stifle.
Other 51Թ Forms
- unstifled adjective
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of stifled1
Example Sentences
They recently launched a lawsuit against Unilever, alleging the corporate giant stifled their social activism and kept them from speaking out on Gaza.
The Trump administration has eliminated or stifled critical data at dozens of federal agencies.
Any shoots of recovery were then severely stifled by the 2023 actors and writers strikes.
They stifled Murray in the first 12 minutes, making it so difficult for him that he missed his first four shots and had just one point.
A hallmark of Tilson Thomas’ tenure in San Francisco had been to encourage a degree of free expression typically stifled in ensemble playing.
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