| freeze(verb, stop, finish, terminate, pause) |
| reduce(verb, stop, control, cut, restrain) |
| shear(verb, cut, trim, shorten, shave) |
| terminate(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| arrest(verb, stop, hold, break, control) |
| blow the whistle(expression, idiom) |
| bring up short(expression, idiom) |
| checkmate(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| choke off(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet) |
| cut(verb, stop, break, bother, disturb) |
| cut back(verb, expression, cut, restrain, curb) |
| do away with(expression, idiom) |
| dock(verb, cut, restrain, curb, limit) |
| get rid of(expression, idiom) |
| hinder(verb, stop, break, control, reduce) |
| hush-hush(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |
| make away with(expression, idiom) |
| pull up(verb, expression, stop, hold, break) |
| put paid to(expression, idiom) |
| put to silence(expression, idiom) |