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stifle meaning in Bengali

দম বন্ধ করা

/ˈstaɪfl̩/US/ˈstaɪf(ə)l/

stifle in Bengali: দম বন্ধ করা, দমন করা. In English, stifle means to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

Bengali words for stifle

দম বন্ধ করা, দমন করা

English meaning of stifle

  1. verb To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.
  2. verb To cause (someone) difficulty in breathing, or a choking or gagging feeling.
  3. verb To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.
  4. verb To make (something) unable to be heard by blocking it with some medium.

Full definition of stifle

stifle in a sentence

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

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Questions about stifle in Bengali

What is the meaning of stifle in Bengali?
Stifle in Bengali is দম বন্ধ করা, দমন করা.
stifle এর বাংলা অর্থ কী?
Stifle: দম বন্ধ করা, দমন করা.
What does stifle mean in English?
Stifle means to make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) to die by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

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Bengali words from Bengali Wiktionary: stifle (page history and authors). English meanings adapted from Wiktionary: stifle (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the Bengali words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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