stifle

To choke up; dam up; close.

To kill by impeding respiration, as by covering the mouth and nose, by introducing an irrespirable substance into the lungs, or by other means; suffocate or greatly oppress by foul air or otherwise; smother.

To stop the passage of; arrest the free action of; extinguish; deaden; quench.

To suppress; keep from active manifestation; keep from public notice; conceal; repress; destroy.

Synonyms Suffocate, Strangle, etc. See smother.