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Synonyms for stifle
One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.
suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
Stifle your curiosity.
The true synonym
dampen
Same sentence, swapped: Dampen your curiosity.
Close but different
These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for stifle as it is used in the sentence above.
- asphyxiate
- choke
- stimulate
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