The word "stifles" is correct and usable in written English.
The word "stifles" typically means to suppress or restrain something and is usually used in the context of silencing someone's dissent or quashing their enthusiasm. For example, you can say "The oppressive government stifled any attempts at peaceful protest".
By virtue of its platitudes, this prevailing air of pan-feminism stifles debate and removes the agency it purports to provide us.
A lack of access to information hinders learning, stifles innovation and slows scientific progress.
Consumers are too much in debt; businesses cannot or will not spend; a damaged banking system stifles credit.
Critics say it stifles the sort of investigative reporting badly needed after Japan's incestuous politics under the LDP.Even some leading lights of the mass media acknowledge that change may be overdue.
Many gamers dislike him, complaining that his bean-counting approach stifles creativity.
The danger is that if the job is left entirely to such outsiders, they will come up with a bureaucratic, box-ticking exercise that stifles the Valley's creativity; or a public-relations makeover that does little to advance women's chances.Boardrooms in many other industries have realised the strong business argument, as well as moral case, for giving women equal opportunities.
Mr Vigil's accusations are a poor attempt at justifying the unjustifiable the undemocratic nature of the current Anglo-Spanish talks by tarnishing Gibraltar's reputation.Keith AzopardiDeputy-chief ministerGibraltarMuslims in EuropeSIR – Your article on Europe's Muslims falls into the "them and us" trap that stifles the progress of political thought on Islam ("Europe's Muslims", August 10th).
The government severely restricts freedom of speech and the press, and an atmosphere of repression stifles public criticism of the government".In this section Khaki election The case of the poisoned ducks The Koreas united, for a day The European Bank for Repression and Dictatorship?
Shigeaki Okamoto, in Aichi prefecture, abandoned the family tradition of growing chrysanthemums symbol of the imperial family for market, because it tied him to Japan Agriculture (JA), the giant state-sponsored co-operative that stifles much of farming.
And governments need to sweep away the red tape that stifles enterprise.Lastly, social safety nets need to be improved.
Perhaps you are suggesting that the Chinese government stifles the democratic movement in Hong Kong, just like the colonial government of Britain did for 150 years?Wong Ling YeeCarlton, Australia.
