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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | gag, quiet |
| Synonyms: | bottle up, censor, check, choke, clamp down on, cork, crack down on, curb, dry up, dummy up, hush, ice*, muffle, prevent, quieten, repress, restrain, restrict, shush, shut down, silence, squash, squelch, stifle, still, stop, suppress, tongue-tie, trammel |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, liberate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | quench |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | destroy, extinguish |
| Synonyms: | annihilate, check, choke, crush, dampen, decimate, demolish, destruct, dismantle, douse, end, kill, knock down, moisten, put down, put out, quash, quell, raze, ruin, shatter, smother, snuff out, stifle, suppress, wreck |
| Antonyms: | set, start |
| Main Entry: | repress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back, hold in |
| Synonyms: | black out, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool*, cork, crush, curb, gridlock, hinder, hold back, inhibit, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, kill*, lock, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quelch, quell, rein, restrain, shush, silence, simmer down, smother, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, throw cold water on, tie up |
| Antonyms: | allow, let go, permit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | smother |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | extinguish; cover, hide |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, choke, collect, compose, conceal, control, cool, cork, douse, envelop, heap, hush up, inundate, keep back, kill, muffle, overwhelm, quash, quell, quench, rein, repress, restrain, shower, shroud, simmer down, snuff, squelch, stamp out, stifle, strangle, suffocate, suppress, surround, throttle |
| Antonyms: | light, start, uncover |
| 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: | stagnate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate by lack of action |
| Synonyms: | constipate, decay, decline, fester, go to seed, hibernate, idle, languish, lie fallow, not move, putrefy, rot, rust, stall, stand, stand still, stifle, stultify, trammel, vegetate |
| Antonyms: | grow, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | suffocate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke |
| Synonyms: | asphyxiate, drown, smother, stifle, strangle |
| Antonyms: | free, let go, loose |
| 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 |
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