| burke(verb, stop, hold, quiet, restrain) |
| camouflage(verb, cover, obscure, alter, deceive) |
| choke off(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet) |
| clam up(verb, expression, stop, calm, dull) |
| cloud(verb, dull, reduce, restrain, diminish) |
| compose(verb, calm, restrain, crush, block) |
| control(verb, restrain, crush, block, curb) |
| cool it(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet) |
| cork(verb, stop, quiet, restrain, crush) |
| cut off(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet) |
| cut short(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet) |
| decrease(verb, quiet, lower, suppress, silence) |
| dry up(verb, expression, stop, calm, dull) |
| dummy up(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet) |
| enclose(verb, cover, hide, pack, contain) |
| extinguish(verb, stop, calm, dull, quiet) |
| hold it down(verb, expression, idiom, stop, calm) |
| hush-hush(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |
| keep in(verb, expression, restrain, crush, block) |
| lull(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |