stifle (n.)
- bake
- bar
- barricade
- blaze
- block
- blockade
- bloom
- boil
- bolt
- broil
- burke
- burn
- censor
- check
- chock
- choke
- close
- control
- cook
- cork
- crowd
- crush
- curb
- damp
- debar
- dog
- flame
- flare
- flicker
- flush
- fry
- gag
- garrote
- gasp
- glow
- hugger-mugger
- hush
- jam
- kill
- lay
- lock
- moderate
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- out
- pack
- pant
- parch
- quash
- quiet
- roast
- scald
- scorch
- silence
- simmer
- slack
- smash
- smolder
- smother
- snuff
- spark
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- steam
- stew
- still
- stop
- sublimate
- sweat
- tame
- temper
- throttle
- toast
- trammel
stifle (v.)
- abate
- allay
- alleviate
- asphyxiate
- assuage
- attemper
- bake
- bar
- barricade
- blaze
- block
- blockade
- bloom
- blunt
- boil
- bolt
- broil
- burke
- burn
- censor
- chasten
- check
- chock
- choke
- close
- combust
- constipate
- constrain
- constrict
- control
- cook
- cork
- crowd
- crush
- curb
- damp
- dampen
- de-emphasize
- deaden
- debar
- demolish
- destroy
- diminish
- dog
- douse
- downplay
- drown
- dull
- dumbfound
- extenuate
- extinguish
- flame
- flare
- flicker
- flush
- fry
- gag
- garrote
- gasp
- glow
- hush
- incandesce
- inhibit
- jam
- kill
- lay
- lenify
- lessen
- lighten
- lock
- mitigate
- moderate
- modulate
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- obstruct
- obtund
- occlude
- out
- pack
- palliate
- pant
- parch
- prevent
- quash
- quell
- quench
- quiet
- quieten
- reduce
- repress
- restrain
- roast
- scald
- scorch
- seethe
- shush
- silence
- simmer
- slack
- slacken
- smash
- smolder
- smother
- snuff
- sober
- soft-pedal
- soften
- spark
- squash
- squeeze
- squelch
- stagnate
- stanch
- steam
- stew
- still
- stop
- strangle
- strangulate
- stultify
- subdue
- sublimate
- suffocate
- suppress
- sweat
- swelter
- tame
- temper
- throttle
- toast
- trammel
- underplay
- weaken
- withhold
