Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Affected with stifle. See
stifle , 2.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Stifling.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- adjective That has been
interrupted ,suppressed etc - verb Simple past tense and past participle of
stifle .
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- adjective held in check with difficulty
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Examples
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On Tuesday, 89 network engineers wrote the committee warning that the legislation could result in stifled free speech and destabilize the underlying system of communications for the Internet.
Senate piracy bill changed after criticism by ISPs, engineers, public advocates Cecilia Kang 2010
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Thanks to the heroic Carter Phone Company making a phone other than black, and suing to break the government imposed monopoly, the communications industry has been making spectacular progress after begin stifled for three-quarters of a century.
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JT_Lancer says: the communications industry has been making spectacular progress after begin stifled for three-quarters of a century.
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"Look you," he said in stifled gutturals, turning to St. Vincent.
CHAPTER 22 2010
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Laws forbidding trade with any country other than Spain stifled chances for industrial development.
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Laws forbidding trade with any country other than Spain stifled chances for industrial development.
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[Page 67] thoughts that are stifled from a feeling that they are too bold to be indulged in!
The Romance of Isabel, Lady Burton William Henry Burton Wilkins 1897
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"Thus," cried one of the supporters, in stifled sounds, "has my father proved his love for Scotland!"
The Scottish Chiefs 1875
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Dominator, and defensemen Chris Chelios and Nicklas Lidstrom again stifled Vancouver's top line of Markus Naslund-Todd
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I guess those who feel they are being stifled is based on peoples reactions … That is the beauty of our 1st amendment … You can say what you want, just be ready for consequences and it doesn’t seem some can handle it …
Think Progress » VIDEO: Rumsfeld Called Out On Lies About WMD 2006
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