| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To cause to stop burning or giving light: douse, extinguish, put out, snuff out. See CONTINUE. 2. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. Informal : sit on or (upon). See RESTRAINT. 3. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, squash, squelch, suppress. Idioms: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN.
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