[{"word":"stifling","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To interrupt or cut off.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"To repress, keep in or hold back.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The army stifled the rebellion."},{"definition":"To smother or suffocate.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The heat was stifling the children."},{"definition":"To feel smothered etc.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The heat felt stifling."},{"definition":"To die of suffocation.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom."},{"definition":"To treat a silkworm cocoon with steam as part of the process of silk production.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":["hinder","restrain","suppress","throttle"],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"The act by which something is stifled.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"partOfSpeech":"adjective","definitions":[{"definition":"That stifles.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much."}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stifle","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stifling"]}]