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Stifle

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Noun

stifle knee

Definition: joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee

Definition: An act or state of being stifled.

Definition: The joint between the femur and tibia in the hind leg of various four-legged mammals, especially horses, corresponding to the knee in humans.

Verb

smother stifle strangle muffle repress

Definition: suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"

stifle dampen

Definition: suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity; "Stifle your curiosity"

suffocate stifle asphyxiate choke

Definition: impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"

suffocate stifle asphyxiate

Definition: be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"

Definition: To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

Definition: To cause (a dog, horse, or other four-legged mammal) to dislocate or sprain its stifle joint.

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