Censor synonyms
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Part of speech:
sanction (antonym)
To give official authorization or approval to:
To oppose, hinder, or prevent, as if by an effectual command.
control the flow of news
To examine carefully and critically, especially for flaws.
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To emit a bleep or bleeps.
To prohibit is to forbid someone from doing something or to prevent something from being done.
stifle free expression
A police officer ranking next below superintendent.
(--- Law) A public official who hears and decides cases or matters in a forum other than a court, such as an administrative proceeding.
expurgator
One who expurgates.
guardian of morals
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To adjust to a requirement; regulate:
(Ergative, baseball, softball) Of a batter, to be retired after three strikes (missed swings, as opposed to any other way of becoming "out"); of a pitcher, to cause this to happen to the batter.
To curtail or inhibit the activity of something, such as the immune system or a gene.
To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:
To keep (information, etc) to oneself rather than revealing it.
enforce censorship
To survey; watch
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To supervise the publication of and set the policy for (a newspaper, periodical, reference book, etc.)
edit-out
To remove before publication or broadcasting (as an editorial decision).
To determine the qualifications, aptitude, or skills of by means of questions or exercises:
Alternative form of bowdlerize.
Review is defined as to look over, examine or study someone or something again.
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To analyze and judge as a critic
exert pressure
To keep from another's knowledge; keep secret
refuse transmission
prevent publication
To thwart passage of; veto:
To place on or as if on a blacklist.
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throttle the press
debase freedom of speech
(Politics, slang) To use a line-item veto
examiner (related)
A person who examines, specif. one whose work is examining records, people, etc.
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restrain (related)
To restrain is defined as to hold back or keep under control.
Full of calumnies; slanderous
castigative
censorial
Relating to a censor
Implying or expressing censure.
Used in reference to an utterance, to indicate that it is false and harmful to the reputation of another.
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Disposed to find fault; critical.
Characterized by or constituting slander
Of, like, or having a stigma, stigmas, or stigmata
Using, containing, or marked by harshly critical or irate language.
A person who cavils; a faultfinder, quibbler or nitpicker
censurer
One who censures.
The definition of a critic is someone who evaluates or makes judgments on people or things, or a person whose job it is to evaluate and write about what they experience, especially art, literature and food.
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A person who reviews; esp., one who reviews books, plays, etc. as for a newspaper
To confront and halt the activities, advance, or entry of:
Muzzle is defined as to prevent from biting or making noise.
To denounce or forbid the practice, use, etc. of; interdict
To remove or eliminate (unwanted physical matter):
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To change one's place of residence or business; move:
allow (antonym)
To let do or happen; permit:
permit (antonym)
To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]
approve (antonym)
(Intransitive) To consider or show to be worthy of approbation or acceptance.
endorse (antonym)
To express approval of or give support to, especially by public statement; sanction:
To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent
keep (or put) a lid on
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include (related)
To contain, as parts of a whole; to comprehend.
show (related)
Show is defined as to bring into view, teach, or display.
restrictionist
criticule
Someone who believes in protecting domestic producers by impeding or limiting the importation of foreign goods and services via actions taken by government.
smellfungus
censorship (related)
anti-semitic (related)
vilify (related)
To select or discard in this way
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