prevent or restrain
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throttle
No, because if you stifle something you're suppressing, curbing, or withholding it
Smother, choke, suffocate, suppress
I tried to stifle my cough in the library because I am supposed to be quiet.
Here are some synonyms for 'stifle' (Grouped by similarity of meaning): smother, stifled, strange, repress, muffle. Suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb