stifling

fe’l verb

1. To repress, keep in or hold back. The army stifled the rebellion.
2. To smother or suffocate. The heat was stifling the children.
3. To feel smothered etc. The heat felt stifling.
4. To die of suffocation. Two firemen tragically stifled in yesterday's fire when trying to rescue an old lady from her bedroom.

ot noun

1. The act by which something is stifled.

sifat adjective

1. That stifles. The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.