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tamped

adjective as in beaten

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The anger is righteous and justified and should not be tamped down, not just yet, possibly not for a very long time, if ever.

From Slate

Last month’s CNN interview was one such instance where she appeared too controlled, too tamped down.

He may have tamped down some of his more sentimental and tragic impulses, but he definitely flexes for the climactic melee in a deconsecrated church, which is beautifully bananas, but also, in a funny way, a personal statement on the intimacy that quality action filmmaking should create.

But when he’s playing for a conservative crowd, that vocal admiration gets tamped down and Usha becomes the cliché of “my beautiful wife.”

From Slate

Pirates manager Derek Shelton tamped down the notion that Skenes and fellow hard-throwing rookie Jared Jones could receive All-Star consideration, pointing out “I think we’re getting way ahead of ourselves.”

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