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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flatten, knock down; wipe out |
| Synonyms: | batter, blow down, bomb, break down, bulldoze, capsize, cast down, crash, decimate, delete, demolish, destroy, dynamite, efface, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, fell, level, mow down, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, pull down, reduce, remove, rub out, ruin, scatter, scratch out, smash, spill, strike out, subvert, tear down, tear up, throw down, topple, total, unbuild, undo, unmake, upset, wipe out, wrack, wreck, zap |
| Antonyms: | build, construct |
| Main Entry: | silence |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make or be quiet |
| Synonyms: | choke off, clam, clam up, close up, cool it, cut off, cut short, dampen, deaden, decrease the volume, dry up, dull, dumb, dummy up, extinguish, gag, hold one's tongue, hush, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, lull, muffle, mute, muzzle, overawe, pipe down, quash, quell, quiet, quiet down, quieten, say nothing, shush, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, still, strike dumb, subdue, suppress, tongue-tie |
| Antonyms: | be noisy, communicate, talk |
| Main Entry: | squash |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | compress |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, bear, bruise, crowd, crush, distort, extinguish, flatten, jam, kill, macerate, mash, pound, press, pulp, push, put down, quash, quell, scrunch, shut down, sit on, smash, squeeze, squish, stamp on, suppress, trample, triturate |
| Notes: | quash means to crush or to subdue or to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely, while squash means to compress, crush, or squeeze |
| Antonyms: | fan, open, uncompress |
| Main Entry: | squelch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppress, restrain |
| Synonyms: | black out, censure, crush, extinguish, kill, muffle, oppress, quelch, quench, repress, settle, shush, sit on, smother, squash, stifle, strangle, thwart |
| Antonyms: | allow, release |
| Main Entry: | stamp out |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | put an end to |
| Synonyms: | abolish, blot out, crush, destroy, eliminate, end, eradicate, expunge, exterminate, extinguish, kill, put down, put out, quell, snuff out, squelch, stop, suppress, wipe out |
| Main Entry: | stifle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | prevent, restrain |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, black out, bring to screeching halt, burke, check, choke, choke back, clam up, clamp down, constipate, cork, cover up, crack down, curb, dry up, extinguish, gag, hold it down, hush, hush up, kill*, muffle, muzzle, put the lid on, repress, shut up, silence, sit on, smother, spike, squash, squelch, stagnate, stop, strangle, stultify, suffocate, suppress, torpedo, trammel |
| Antonyms: | encourage, help, persuade |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | subdue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep under control; moderate |
| Synonyms: | bear down, beat down, break, break in, check, conquer, control, crush, defeat, discipline, dominate, drop, extinguish, gentle, get the better of, get the upper hand, get under control, humble, mellow, overcome, overpower, overrun, put down, quash, quell, quench, quiet, quieten, reduce, repress, restrain, shut down, soften, squelch, subjugate, suppress, tame, temper, tone down, trample, triumph over, vanquish |
| Antonyms: | arouse, incite, release, rouse, start |
| Main Entry: | subvert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rebel, destroy |
| Synonyms: | capsize, contaminate, corrupt, debase, defeat, demolish, deprave, depress, extinguish, invalidate, invert, level, overthrow, overturn, pervert, poison, pull down, raze, reverse, ruin, sabotage, supersede, supplant, suppress, topple, tumble, undermine, upset, vitiate, wreck |
| Antonyms: | be loyal, comply, obey, uphold |
| Main Entry: | suppress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | restrain, hold in check |
| Synonyms: | abolish, annihilate, beat down, bottle, bring to naught, burke, censor, check, clamp, conceal, conquer, contain, cover up, crack down on, crush, curb, cut off, extinguish, hold back, hold down, hold in, interrupt, keep in, keep secret, muffle, muzzle, overcome, overpower, overthrow, put an end to, put down, put kibosh on, put lid on, quash, quell, quench, repress, shush, silence, sit on, smother, snuff out, spike, squash, stamp out, stifle, stop, subdue, trample, withhold |
| Antonyms: | encourage, let go, release |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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