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Stifle Powerful Unit In Office Crossword Clue

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99%6Exact Match!
verb

• suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity

• make moist

• deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping

• reduce the amplitude (of oscillations or waves)

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• check; keep in check (a fire)

• lessen in force or effect

46%8Stifle or stifle
noun

• Restraint (act or result of holding back, device that restrains)

• The projection or loop, on the thill of a vehicle, to which a strap of the harness is attached, to hold back a carriage when going downhill, or in backing.

• The strap or part of the harness so used.

25%6Stifle, as a sound
verb

• make vague or obscure or make (an image) less visible

• cut a girdle around so as to kill by interrupting the circulation of water and nutrients

• make vapid or deprive of spirit

• lessen the momentum or velocity of

• become lifeless, less lively, intense, or active; lose life, force, or vigor

• make less lively, intense, or vigorous; impair in vigor, force, activity, or sensation

• convert (metallic mercury) into a grey powder consisting of minute globules, as by shaking with chalk or fatty oil

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The Guardian Cryptic12 Jun 2008 Across 12
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