Both Uses
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Forged by Fire
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- Even across the gym, it seemed she could smell his stifling cologne.
Chpt 17 *stifling = making breathing more difficult
- The room stank of Jordan's suffocating cologne, stifling smoke, and fear.
Chpt 23stifling = making breathing more difficult or impossible; or so hot and humid that breathing is more difficult
Definitions:
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(1)
(stifle as in: stifling the urge) to suppress (prevent something or decrease its development) -- often political freedom
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(2)
(stifle as in: the heat is stifling) to make breathing difficult or impossible -- often from heat or humidity
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(3)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) Much more rarely, to stifle is used in the context of anatomy to refer to a four-legged animal's equivalent of the human knee (the joint between the upper and lower leg).