The Clue
Represses (7 letter answer)
The Answer
STIFLES
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Notes
The answer STIFLES is so rare that it appears less than once every 2500 puzzles.
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Definition
STIFLE as a noun:
1. (stifle, knee) = joint between the femur and tibia in a quadruped; corresponds to the human knee
STIFLE as a verb:
1. (smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress) = conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
2. (stifle, dampen) = smother or suppress; "Stifle your curiosity"
3. (suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate, choke) = impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children"
4. (suffocate, stifle, asphyxiate) = be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"