To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight

• squelch

  1. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.
  2. To suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect
  3. (Archaic) To crush by trampling.

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  1. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.
  2. To suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect
  3. (Archaic) To crush by trampling.

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• squash

  1. To put down or suppress; quash:
  2. To silence or fluster, as with crushing words:
  3. So as to squash

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  1. To put down or suppress; quash:
  2. To silence or fluster, as with crushing words:
  3. So as to squash

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• quench

  1. To cool (hot steel, etc.) suddenly by plunging into water, oil, or the like
  2. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.
  3. To overcome; subdue; suppress

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  1. To cool (hot steel, etc.) suddenly by plunging into water, oil, or the like
  2. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.
  3. To overcome; subdue; suppress

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• quell

  1. To crush; subdue; put an end to
  2. To pacify; quiet:
  3. To put down forcibly; suppress:

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  1. To crush; subdue; put an end to
  2. To pacify; quiet:
  3. To put down forcibly; suppress:

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• quash

  1. To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
  2. To put down or suppress forcibly and completely:
  3. To quell or suppress (an uprising)

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  1. To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).
  2. To put down or suppress forcibly and completely:
  3. To quell or suppress (an uprising)

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• put down

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• extinguish

  1. To put in the shade; eclipse; obscure
  2. (Psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
  3. To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.

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  1. To put in the shade; eclipse; obscure
  2. (Psychology) To bring about the extinction of (a conditioned response).
  3. To cause (a fire or light) to stop burning or shining; put out.

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• crush

  1. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing:
  2. To put down with force; subdue:
  3. To be or become crushed:

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  1. To proceed or move by crowding or pressing:
  2. To put down with force; subdue:
  3. To be or become crushed:

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• choke off

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To keep from being published or transmitted

• stifle

  1. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
  2. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
  3. To suppress or repress; hold back; check, stop, inhibit, etc.

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  1. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
  2. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).
  3. To suppress or repress; hold back; check, stop, inhibit, etc.

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• hush

  1. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :
  2. To be or become silent or still.
  3. To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent

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  1. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :
  2. To be or become silent or still.
  3. To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent

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• censor

  1. To examine and expurgate.
  2. To subject (a book, film, writer, etc.) to the close examination of a censor

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  1. To examine and expurgate.
  2. To subject (a book, film, writer, etc.) to the close examination of a censor

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• black out

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• ban

  1. (South African) Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
  2. To prohibit, as by official order, from doing, using, appearing, happening, etc.; forbid; censor
  3. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:

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  1. (South African) Under the former system of apartheid, to deprive (a person suspected of illegal activity) of the right of free movement and association with others.
  2. To prohibit, as by official order, from doing, using, appearing, happening, etc.; forbid; censor
  3. To prohibit (an action) or forbid the use of (something), especially by official decree:

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To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check

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• throttle

  1. To stop the utterance or action of; censor or suppress
  2. To lessen the speed of (an engine, vehicle, etc.) by this or similar means; slow (down)
  3. To suppress:

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  1. To stop the utterance or action of; censor or suppress
  2. To lessen the speed of (an engine, vehicle, etc.) by this or similar means; slow (down)
  3. To suppress:

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• strangle

  1. To kill by squeezing the throat as with the hands, a noose, etc., so as to shut off the breath; throttle; choke
  2. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
  3. To suppress, repress, or stifle:

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  1. To kill by squeezing the throat as with the hands, a noose, etc., so as to shut off the breath; throttle; choke
  2. To kill by squeezing the throat so as to choke or suffocate; throttle.
  3. To suppress, repress, or stifle:

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• stifle

  1. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
  2. To suppress or repress; hold back; check, stop, inhibit, etc.
  3. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).

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  1. To kill by preventing respiration; smother or suffocate.
  2. To suppress or repress; hold back; check, stop, inhibit, etc.
  3. To interrupt or cut off (the voice, for example).

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• squelch

  1. To walk heavily, as through mud, making a sucking sound
  2. To suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect
  3. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.

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  1. To walk heavily, as through mud, making a sucking sound
  2. To suppress or silence completely and with a crushing effect
  3. To produce a splashing, squishing, or sucking sound, as when walking through ooze.

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• smother

  1. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.
  2. To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone):
  3. To conceal, suppress, or hide:

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  1. To deprive (a fire) of the oxygen necessary for combustion.
  2. To lavish a surfeit of a given emotion on (someone):
  3. To conceal, suppress, or hide:

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• repress

  1. To control so strictly or severely as to prevent the natural development or expression of
  2. To put down or subdue by force:
  3. To hold back or prevent by an act of volition:

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  1. To control so strictly or severely as to prevent the natural development or expression of
  2. To put down or subdue by force:
  3. To hold back or prevent by an act of volition:

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• quench

  1. To satisfy; slake
  2. To cool (hot steel, etc.) suddenly by plunging into water, oil, or the like
  3. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.

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  1. To satisfy; slake
  2. To cool (hot steel, etc.) suddenly by plunging into water, oil, or the like
  3. To put out (a fire, for example); extinguish.

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• muffle

  1. To deaden (a sound), as by wrapping
  2. To repress; stifle.
  3. To wrap or cover in order to deaden or prevent sound

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  1. To deaden (a sound), as by wrapping
  2. To repress; stifle.
  3. To wrap or cover in order to deaden or prevent sound

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• hush

  1. To be or become silent or still.
  2. To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent
  3. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :

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  1. To be or become silent or still.
  2. To stop making noise; be or become quiet or silent
  3. To keep from public knowledge; suppress mention of. Often used with up :

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• hold down

  1. (Idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
  2. (Idiomatic) To restrain; to check.

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  1. (Idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.
  2. (Idiomatic) To restrain; to check.

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• hold back

  1. (Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
  2. (Idiomatic) to contain; stop

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  1. (Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school
  2. (Idiomatic) to contain; stop

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• gag

  1. To put something over or into the mouth of, so as to keep from talking, crying out, etc.
  2. To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
  3. (Mech.) To choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)

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  1. To put something over or into the mouth of, so as to keep from talking, crying out, etc.
  2. To experience a regurgitative spasm in the throat, as from revulsion to a food or smell or in reflexive response to an introduced object.
  3. (Mech.) To choke or stop up (a valve, etc.)

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• choke

  1. (Intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way.
  2. (Informal) To be unable to perform efficiently, as in a sporting event, because of tension, strong emotion, etc.
  3. To become strained with emotion

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  1. (Intransitive) To be unable to breathe because of obstruction of the windpipe, for instance food or other objects that go down the wrong way.
  2. (Informal) To be unable to perform efficiently, as in a sporting event, because of tension, strong emotion, etc.
  3. To become strained with emotion

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• burke

  1. To avoid; disregard:
  2. To get rid of quietly; evade or suppress, as a parliamentary bill, discussion, etc.
  3. To execute (someone) by suffocation so as to leave the body intact and suitable for dissection.

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  1. To avoid; disregard:
  2. To get rid of quietly; evade or suppress, as a parliamentary bill, discussion, etc.
  3. To execute (someone) by suffocation so as to leave the body intact and suitable for dissection.

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