stifle in German

(transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

(transitive, also, figuratively) To make (an animal or person) unconscious or cause (an animal or person) death by preventing breathing; to smother, to suffocate.

(transitive, also, figuratively) To prevent (a breath, cough, or cry, or the voice, etc.) from being released from the throat.

(intransitive) To die of suffocation.