stifling

adj : characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer

was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere";

"the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"

[syn: {sultry}, {sulfurous}, {sulphurous}]

n : forceful prevention: "suppression of liberal newspapers";

"quelling of the revolution" [syn: {suppression}, {crushing},

{quelling}]