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Synset

suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
<verb.change>   freq. cnt.: 4 freq. cnt.: 3 freq. cnt.: 1

dampen more info
stifle more info

sample sentences

"Stifle your curiosity"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something
lexical pointers
derivationally related form
stifler
antonym
stimulate
semantic pointers
hypernym
suppress, inhibit, bottle up
hyponym
suffocate, choke