| strangle(verb, stop, control, restrain, curb) |
| throttle(verb, control, quiet, restrain, curb) |
| wordlessness(noun, calm, quiet, avoidance) |
| absence of noise(expression, idiom) |
| absence of sound(expression, idiom) |
| check(verb, stop, control, quiet, restrain) |
| composure(noun, stop, calm, break, quiet) |
| concealment(noun, dark, confidence, secrecy, privacy) |
| cut short(verb, expression, calm, dull, quiet) |
| damp down(verb, expression, phrasal verb) |
| decease(noun, end, release, ruin, finish) |
| deflate(upset, crush, shame, subdue, humiliate) |
| disarm |
| dispatch |
| dispose of(expression, oppose, crush, expose, counter) |
| disprove(verb, upset, break, oppose, expose) |
| dumbfound |
| dummy up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, dull) |
| expose(verb, upset, break, oppose, contest) |
| hamstring |