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111smother — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. suffocate, stifle; suppress, repress; extinguish, deaden. See killing, restraint, death. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. stifle, suffocate, suppress; see choke 1 , 2 , extinguish 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
112stifle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. smother, suffocate; extinguish, put down, suppress; repress, check. See killing, concealment, silence. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. smother, suffocate, extinguish; see choke 1 . III (Roget s 3… …
113strangle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. t. choke, garrotte, stifle, suffocate; suppress, repress; squeeze, constrict, strangulate. See killing, closure. II (Roget s IV) v. 1. [To choke] Syn. asphyxiate, suffocate, smother, kill; see choke 1 …
114throttle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. choke, strangle, suffocate; silence, stifle; close. See closure, killing. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. starter, gas pedal, gas, feed, gas feed; see also accelerator . v. 1. [To choke] Syn. strangle, stifle …
115quelch — (v.) 1650s, shortening of SQUELCH (Cf. squelch), perhaps influenced by QUENCH (Cf. quench) …
116demolish — v 1. raze, tear down, pull down, take down, bring down, break down, throw down, beat down, batter down; cast down, knock down, fling down, hurl down, precipitate, Inf. spill, tumble, topple; fell, lay level, prostrate, level, bulldoze, flatten;… …
117overthrow — v 1. vanquish, conquer, subjugate, Sl. shellac; defeat, beat, rout, discomfit, worst, thrash; overpower, overmaster, be victorious over, Inf. whip; subvert, overturn, overcome, overwhelm, prevail over, surmount; quash, quell, squash, squelch;… …
118quench — v 1. satisfy, satiate, sate, flake, surfeit, glut, saturate, allay; Sl. take care of it, Sl. hit the spot; have one s fill, have more than enough, have enough for now; gorge, cloy, pall. 2. extinguish, snuff out, put out, Inf. douse, Inf. dinch,… …
119repress — v 1. keep under control, control, check, keep in check; arrest, contain, restrain, hold back; harness, bridle, rein in, hold in leash; restrict, fetter, shackle, confine, limit, cramp, constrain; hold in, bottle up, cork up, box up, shut up,… …
120ruin — n 1. devastation, desolation, ravagement, havoc, destruction; dilapidation, ruination, wreck, wreckage, wrack, wrack and ruin; disruption, upheaval; crash, collision, crack up. 2. overthrow, overturn, subversion, suppression, subdual, conquest;… …
