| squelch(verb, stop, hold, calm, dull) |
| stifle(verb, stop, hold, calm, dull) |
| suppress(verb, stop, hold, calm, control) |
| gag(verb, stop, hold, calm, control) |
| muffle(verb, stop, hold, calm, dull) |
| repress(verb, stop, hold, control, keep) |
| smother(verb, stop, hold, cover, restrain) |
| hold down(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold) |
| hush(verb, stop, hold, calm, dull) |
| quell(verb, calm, dull, quiet, press) |
| quench(verb, hold, defeat, restrain, crush) |
| shush(verb, calm, dull, quiet, restrain) |
| silence(verb, stop, calm, dull, quiet) |
| strangle(verb, stop, hold, restrain, curb) |
| burke(verb, stop, hold, cover, restrain) |
| choke off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, calm) |
| cork(verb, stop, hold, control, restrain) |
| extinguish(verb, stop, calm, dull, quiet) |
| hog(verb, hold, take, control, get) |
| hush-hush(verb, calm, dull, quiet, suppress) |