| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To keep from being published or transmitted: ban, black out, censor, hush (up), suppress. Idioms: keep (or put) a lid on. See SHOW. 2. To stop the breathing of: asphyxiate, choke, smother, suffocate. See BREATH. 3. To decrease or dull the sound of: dampen, deaden, muffle, mute. See INCREASE, SOUNDS. 4. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, strangle, suppress, throttle. Informal : sit on or (upon). See RESTRAINT.
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