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Hindi Word दबाना Meaning in English - Stifle - दबाना अंग्रेज़ी में अर्थ

दबाना Meaning in English is Stifle, which is also written as 'Dabānā' in Roman. Other Dabānā Meanings in English include Asphyxiate, Burke, Check, Choke, Constipate, Cork, Curb, Extinguish, Gag, Hush, Kill, Muffle, Muzzle, Repress, Silence, Smother, Spike, Squash, Squelch, Stagnate, Stop, Strangle, Stultify, Suffocate, Suppress, Torpedo, Trammel, Sit On, Cover Up, Bring To Screeching Halt, Shut Up, Black Out, Put The Lid On, Crack Down, Clam Up, Dry Up, Hush Up, Choke Back, Clamp Down and Hold It Down etc.

Definitions of Stifle

n. The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- called also stifle joint. See Illust. under horse.

intransitive v. To die by reason of obstruction of the breath, or because some noxious substance prevents respiration.

transitive v. To stop the breath of by crowding something into the windpipe, or introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs; to choke; to suffocate; to cause the death of by such means.

transitive v. To stop; to extinguish; to deaden; to quench.

transitive v. To suppress the manifestation or report of; to smother; to conceal from public knowledge.

Form Verb (used With Object), Stifled, Stifling.

How To Spell Stifle [stahy-fuh l]

Origin of Stifle Late Middle English: perhaps from a frequentative of Old French estouffer ‘smother, stifle’.

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