| hush(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress) |
| shut up(verb, expression, interjection, stop, restrain) |
| stifle(verb, stop, cover, keep, restrain) |
| suppress(verb, stop, cover, keep, restrain) |
| silence(verb, stop, restrain, crush, curb) |
| smother(verb, stop, cover, keep, restrain) |
| hide(verb, cover, ease, block, moderate) |
| quash(verb, crush, suppress, subdue, hide) |
| quieten |
| still |
| black out(verb, expression, stop, restrain, curb) |
| conceal(verb, cover, keep, ease, block) |
| cover(verb, keep, ease, block, moderate) |
| gloss over |
| kill(verb, stop, restrain, crush, curb) |
| palliate(verb, cover, ease, moderate, abate) |
| repress(verb, stop, restrain, crush, curb) |
| sit on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, keep) |
| squash(verb, stop, keep, restrain, curb) |
| squelch(verb, stop, restrain, curb, suppress) |