zdusić in English:

she clenched her teeth and stifled an impulse

He was stifled by the smoke

stifle a laugh

He is said to have stifled his victim with a pillow.

thick smoke may stifle you in seconds; to stifle the creativity of students and teachers

to stifle dissent

When he fell over, I had to stifle a laugh.

I don't know how I managed to stifle my anger

Too many regulations stifle innovation

think most of what they say is hilarious and I’m not going to stifle in a

Why do you stifle me so by complaining?

She tried to stifle a sneeze during the concert but she couldn't hold it back.

A woman was accused of smothering her son.

The voices of the opposition were effectively smothered.

They smothered the fire

He had tried to commit suicide twice by starving himself until hospitalized, and when returned home had begged his parents to smother him in his sleep.