1. (

• smother ,
• stifle ,
• strangle ,
• muffle ,
• repress

) suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear" ;

2. (

• muffle ,
• mute ,
• dull ,
• damp ,
• dampen ,
• tone_down

) deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping ;