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121quell — verb 1) troops quelled the unrest Syn: put an end to, put a stop to, end, crush, put down, check, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, squash, quash, subdue, suppress, overcome; informal squelch 2) he quelled his misgivings …
122stamp out — Miller s promise to stamp out crime on these streets is, at best, a naive fantasy Syn: put an end/stop to, end, stop, crush, put down, crack down on, curb, nip in the bud, scotch, squash, quash, quell, subdue, suppress, extinguish, stifle,… …
123stifle — v 1. smother, suffocate, asphyxiate, choke; strangle, burke, garrotte, throttle, Sl. scrag. 2. check, restrain, hold back, keep back, control, limit, circumscribe, restrict; prevent, preclude, make impossible; curb, repress, constrain, contain,… …
124stultify — v 1. smother, stifle, suffocate, muzzle, strangle; suppress, repress, frustrate, thwart; neutralize, nullify, negate, cancel, annul, invalidate, Sl. nip in the bud, Sl. put the kibosh on. 2. make a fool of, Sl. make a monkey of, Brit. Sl. make a… …
125suppress — v 1. restrain, curb, harness, check, stop, arrest; block, impede, inhibit, hinder, hamper, deter, halt; restrict, confine, limit, cramp; preclude, obviate, nip in the bud, Inf. put the kibosh on; prohibit, forbid, interdict, prevent. 2.… …
126head someone/something off — 1) he went to head off the visitors Syn: intercept, divert, redirect, re route, turn away 2) they headed off an argument Syn: forestall, avert, stave off, nip in the bud, prevent, avoid …
127quash — verb 1) he may quash the sentence Syn: cancel, reverse, rescind, repeal, revoke, retract, countermand, withdraw, overturn, overrule 2) we want to quash these rumours Syn: stop …
128blight — [n] disease; plague affliction, bane, blot on the landscape*, canker, contamination, corruption, curse, decay, dump, evil, eyesore, fungus, infestation, mildew, pest, pestilence, pollution, rot, scourge, sight, withering, woe; concepts 306,674… …
