5
hush(verb, stop, hold, calm, dull)
5
mash(verb, crush, squeeze)
5
quiet(verb, calm, control, dull, beat)
5
retort(noun, verb, return, acknowledge, deny)
5
sit on(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
5
snuff out(verb, expression, remove, destroy, eradicate)
5
squelcher
5
still(verb, calm, dull, quiet, restrain)
5
strangle(verb, stop, hold, beat, ruin)
5
thwart(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce)
4
appease(verb, calm, quiet, subdue, relax)
4
censor(verb, quiet, cut, remove, restrain)
4
choke(verb, stop, hold, calm, control)
4
clamp down on(verb, expression, idiom, quiet, restrain)
4
hold back(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, hold)
4
humiliate(verb, upset, crush, suppress, confuse)
4
hush up(verb, expression, phrasal verb, stop, restrain)
4
oppress(verb, restrain, suppress, silence, scotch)
4
overturn(verb, stop, end, suppress, eliminate)
4
overwhelm(verb, beat, ruin, suppress, subdue)
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