English-Hungarian translations for stifle

• elfojt
  A CRS-ekre vonatkozó jelenlegi szabályok csak a verseny elfojtását és a magas díjtételek fenntartását szolgálják. The current rules regarding CRS only serve to stifle competition and maintain high fares.
• elolt
• fojtogat
  Brüsszel végül felismerte termelést fojtogató politikájának butaságát. Brussels finally realised the folly of its policy to stifle production.
• megfullad

Definition of stifle

• A hind knee of various mammals, especially horses
• To interrupt or cut off
• To smother or suffocate
• To feel smothered etc
• To die of suffocation
• To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production

Examples

• The army stifled the rebellion
• The heat was stifling the children
• The heat felt stifling
• Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterdays fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom

Related words

• stifling
• stifled
• stifling heat
• smother stifle