Stifle

stī′fl, v.t. to stop the breath of by foul air or other means: to suffocate, smother: to extinguish: to suppre the sound of: to destroy: to suppre , conceal.— v.i. to suffocate.— adj. Stī′fling , close, oppre ive. [Scand., Ice. stífla , to choke up; Norw. stivla .]