| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. 1995. |
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| VERB: | 1. To decrease or dull the sound of: dampen, deaden, mute, stifle. See INCREASE, SOUNDS. 2. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, suppress, throttle. Informal : sit on or (upon). See RESTRAINT.
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| Roget’s II: The New Thesaurus, Third Edition. Copyright © 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by the Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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