| quieten(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |
| shush(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |
| shut down on(expression, idiom) |
| silence(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |
| squelch(verb, stop, hold, calm, control) |
| stall(stop, hold, break, drop, close) |
| stay(verb, stop, hold, break, drop) |
| stem(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| stem the tide(expression, idiom) |
| stop short(verb, expression, stop, cut, terminate) |
| strike dumb(expression, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |
| suspend(verb, stop, hold, break, close) |
| cut off short(expression, idiom) |
| abstract(cut, condense, shorten) |
| adjourn(verb, stop, close, end, reject) |
| balk(verb, stop, close, end, complete) |
| bar(verb, stop, hold, control, close) |
| block(verb, stop, close, end, separate) |
| blow the whistle on(expression, idiom, stop, close, end) |
| bob(verb, cut, trim, shorten, shave) |