STIFLING

• (noun) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

  "the suppression of heresy", "the quelling of the rebellion", "the stifling of all dissent"

  synonyms : crushing , quelling , suppression

• (adj.) characterized by oppressive heat and humidity

  "the summer was sultry and oppressive", "the stifling atmosphere", "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

  synonyms : sulfurous , sulphurous , sultry

  a. Very humid and hot: sultry July weather. b. Extremely hot; torrid: the sultry sands of the desert. -added by sandeepsinghsaini

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