Synonyms for muzzle
verb
To fasten a muzzle upon
cage, sheathe, cover, wrap, muffle, envelop, deaden; see also bind 1, gag 1.
Antonyms release*, unfasten, unbind.
To silence
gag, restrain, trammel, stifle, restrict, repress, suppress, check, stop, stop one's mouth, hush, still, shush*; see also prevent, quiet 2.
See muzzle in Webster's New World Roget's A-Z Thesaurus II
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