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How to pronounce “stifle”

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Pronunciation guide for stifle

Learning goal: Practice the English pronunciation of stifle with real speech in context.
Available examples: 8 YouTube examples
Real speech example: Where to Invade Nextif you think that that would stifle
Definition summary: (transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

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if you think that that would stifle

[Verb]
(transitive, also figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
(transitive, hyperbolic) To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
(transitive, also figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
(transitive) To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.
(transitive, figuratively)
(transitive, agriculture (sericulture)) To treat (a silkworm cocoon) with steam as part of the process of silk production.
(intransitive) To die of suffocation.
(intransitive, hyperbolic) To smother; to make breathing difficult.
[Noun]
(rare) An act or state of being stifled.