| put out(verb, expression, remove, destroy, eradicate) |
| quieten(verb, calm, control, dull, quiet) |
| refute(verb, return, acknowledge, deny, claim) |
| restrain(verb, stop, control, quiet, cut) |
| ruin(verb, beat, overcome, suppress, subdue) |
| shoot down(verb, expression, beat, defeat, oppose) |
| sit down on(expression, idiom, silence, dampen, deaden) |
| squeeze(verb, crush) |
| terminate(verb, stop, hold, control, end) |
| allay(verb, calm, quiet, subdue, relax) |
| censure(verb, restrain, suppress, silence, scotch) |
| choke off(verb, expression, phrasal verb, calm, dull) |
| comeback(noun, verb, return, acknowledge, deny) |
| constrain(verb, stop, hold, control, reduce) |
| control(verb, stop, cut, beat, check) |
| cork(verb, stop, quiet, cut, remove) |
| curb(verb, stop, control, quiet, reduce) |
| cut short(expression, stop, hold, calm, control) |
| discredit(verb, upset, crush, criticize, scorn) |
| dispose of(verb, expression, oppose, crush, suppress) |