Stifle: alternatives and connections

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Suffocated; choked.

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

Suffocated; choked.

Open English WordNet groups these verbs by closely related meaning.

A joint or juncture between bones in the skeleton.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A piece of wood more or less bulky; a solid mass of wood, stone, etc., usually with one or more plane, or approximately plane, faces; as, a block on…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To make a low, hoarse noise in the throat, as a frog, a raven, or a crow; hence, to make any hoarse, dismal sound.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Departure, especially departure from this life; death.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

of Dice

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

He (or she ) goes out, or retires from view; as, exit Macbeth.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To breathe out; to emit from the lungs; to throw out from the mouth or nostrils in the process of respiration; -- opposed to inspire.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

Gone.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To hinder; to stop in progress; to obstruct; as, to impede the advance of troops.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

A kind of frock for children.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

The place or part where two things or parts are joined or united; the union of two or more smooth or even surfaces admitting of a close-fitting or ju…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To block up; to stop up or close, as a way or passage; to place an obstacle in, or fill with obstacles or impediments that prevent or hinder passing;…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To shut up; to close.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To go; to move; to proceed; to be moved or transferred from one point to another; to make a transit; -- usually with a following adverb or adverbal p…

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To be destroyed; to pass away; to become nothing; to be lost; to die; hence, to wither; to waste away.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

Open English WordNet identifies the related term as a broader lexical category for at least one sense.

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

Suffocated; choked.

Open English WordNet identifies the related verb as a more specific manner of this action.

of Choke

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

of Choke

Open English WordNet records a derivational relationship between these word forms.

To bring to a state of asphyxia; to suffocate. [Used commonly in the past pple.]

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

In man, the joint in the middle part of the leg.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To press again.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.

Suffocated; choked.

Open English WordNet places these words in at least one shared synset. They share a lexicalised sense, but context, register and collocation should still be checked before substitution.