silence

Definition for silence

noun as in absence of sound, speech

Strongest matches

blackout, calm, lull, peace, quiet, reticence, secrecy, stillness

Strong matches

censorship, death, dumbness, hush, laconism, muteness, noiselessness, quiescence, quietness, quietude, reserve, sleep, speechlessness, still, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness

Weak matches

dead air, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, saturninity

verb as in make or be quiet

Strongest matches

cut off, gag, muffle, mute, muzzle, quash, quell, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress

Strong matches

clam, dampen, deaden, dull, extinguish, hush, lull, overawe, quiet, quieten, shush, soft pedal, still, tongue-tie

Weak matches

choke off, clam up, close up, cool it, cut short, decrease the volume, dry up, dumb, dummy up, hold one's tongue, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, pipe down, quiet down, say nothing, shut up, sit on, strike dumb

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After Ronan interjected with her comments, there was a brief silence before the audience applauded, while the men on the couch, and Norton, nodded their agreement and acknowledged her point.

From BBC

This silence, evoked by the title, describes the organizational omerta under which the IRA operated and the unspoken agreement between its operatives and the people they lived among.

From Salon

Helen is speaking for the first time, after feeling silenced for 35 years, in part because of a Harrods non-disclosure agreement that she was told to sign.

From BBC

Finally, make sure your phone is charged and notifications aren't silenced, in case your bank contacts you for verification.

From BBC

A separate thread in the series follows the McConville children over the decades, as they fight an impenetrable code of silence to uncover the truth about their mother.

From Los Angeles Times

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