Stifle

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–verb (used with object) 

1. to quell (鎮壓), crush, or end by force: to stifle a [revolt]; to stifle free expression. 

2. to suppress, curb, or withhold: 



to stifle a [yawn].  



3. to kill by impeding respiration; smother.  



–verb (used without object) 

4. to suffer from difficulty in breathing, as in a close atmosphere. 

5. to become stifled or suffocated.  



—Synonyms 

1. prevent, preclude, put down. 2. check. 3. suffocate, strangle, choke.



—Antonyms 

1, 2. encourage.





　　

Where Affleck proves unfailing, though, is in the superbly scaled performances he elicits from his cast, free of the operatic overplaying that occasionally edged Mystic River's needle into the red. That starts with brother Casey, a major talent coming into his own, 



whose strangled voice and stifled calm 



make Kenzie a compellingly fallible guardian angel; it goes double for the brilliant Amy Ryan, who embodies Helene as a pathetic, needy creature. 





see stultify 



smother smolder

elicit

decorum prim demure  



vial 

pour out vials of wrath