| founder(verb, drop, set, decline, drive) |
| quench(verb, depress, wet, extinguish, dampen) |
| silence(subdue, dampen, muffle, deaden, aphony) |
| sit down on(verb, expression, idiom, suppress, subdue) |
| slosh(verb, depress, drain, wet, overrun) |
| sluice(verb, wet, flood) |
| sop(verb, moist, depress, sink, absorb) |
| stop the breath(expression, idiom, killing) |
| throttle(block, kill, fill, stifle, killing) |
| baptize |
| bury(verb, beat, defeat, crush, overcome) |
| capsize(verb, adjective, drop, set, decline) |
| choke with |
| clamp down on(expression, idiom) |
| crack down on(expression, idiom) |
| damp(verb, dull, quiet, diminish, depress) |
| dampen(verb, moist, dull, quiet, diminish) |
| deaden(verb, dull, quiet, diminish, suppress) |
| eliminate(verb, kill) |
| gag(verb, block, kill, subdue, fill) |