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stifle meaning in Urdu

گلا گھوٹنا

/ˈstaɪfl̩/US/ˈstaɪf(ə)l/

stifle in Urdu: گلا گھوٹنا, دم گھوٹنا, سانس روکنا, دبانا. 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.

Urdu words for stifle

گلا گھوٹنا, دم گھوٹنا, سانس روکنا, دبانا, چھپانا, قابو کرنا

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.

Synonyms of stifle

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Questions about stifle in Urdu

What is the meaning of stifle in Urdu?
Stifle in Urdu is گلا گھوٹنا, دم گھوٹنا, سانس روکنا, دبانا.
stifle کا اردو میں کیا مطلب ہے؟
Stifle: گلا گھوٹنا, دم گھوٹنا, سانس روکنا, دبانا.
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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Urdu words from Urdu 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 Urdu words and English meanings and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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