étouffer
Meaning
- to smother, to choke
- to stop, to inhibit, to prevent
Concepts
suffocate
choke
smother
stifle
asphyxiate
quell
suppress
dampen
muffle
strangle
hush up
repress
put out
swelter
deaden
let dry
cushion
damp
quash
quench
scotch
silence
gag
shill
stew
cover-up
drown
Frequency
Pronounced as (IPA)
/e.tu.fe/
Etymology
Inherited from Old French estouffler.
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