That stifles.
The heat was stifling; it seemed hard to breathe and the exertion of rolling over on the bed seemed too much.
present participle and gerund of stifle
The act by which something is stifled.
Every man who is destroyed must destroy himself. When a man stifles an admonition of conscience, he may fairly be said to sow the stiflings of conscience.
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