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stifle

verbCommon GRE wordMore S words

to suppress, smother, or restrain

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Stifle in a sentence

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Strict rules stifled creativity in the classroom.

Antonyms
encouragerelease

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Verbal · Sentence Equivalence

Once a blank supporter of the policy, the governor now denounces it at every opportunity, embarrassed that she ever endorsed it.

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Stifle (verb) means to suppress, smother, or restrain
Here is stifle used in an example sentence: "Strict rules stifled creativity in the classroom."
Common synonyms for stifle include suppress, smother, quell.
Antonyms of stifle include encourage, release.
Stifle is a GRE-level vocabulary word worth knowing for the Verbal section.

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