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Suppress

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

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Broader term 15

Act 76% connected

That which is done or doing; the exercise of power, or the effect, of which power exerted is the cause; a performance; a deed.

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Bury 76% connected

A borough; a manor; as, the Bury of St. Edmond's

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Check 76% connected

A word of warning denoting that the king is in danger; such a menace of a player's king by an adversary's move as would, if it were any other piece,…

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Contain 76% connected

To hold within fixed limits; to comprise; to include; to inclose; to hold.

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Control 76% connected

A duplicate book, register, or account, kept to correct or check another account or register; a counter register.

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Curb 76% connected

To bend or curve

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Decrease 76% connected

To grow less, -- opposed to increase; to be diminished gradually, in size, degree, number, duration, etc., or in strength, quality, or excellence; as…

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Forget 76% connected

To lose the remembrance of; to let go from the memory; to cease to have in mind; not to think of; also, to lose the power of; to cease from doing.

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Hold 76% connected

The whole interior portion of a vessel below the lower deck, in which the cargo is stowed.

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Keep 76% connected

To care; to desire.

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Lessen 76% connected

To make less; to reduce; to make smaller, or fewer; to diminish; to lower; to degrade; as, to lessen a kingdom, or a population; to lessen speed, ran…

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Minify 76% connected

To make small, or smaller; to diminish the apparent dimensions of; to lessen.

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Moderate 76% connected

Kept within due bounds; observing reasonable limits; not excessive, extreme, violent, or rigorous; limited; restrained

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Move 76% connected

To cause to change place or posture in any manner; to set in motion; to carry, convey, draw, or push from one place to another; to impel; to stir; as…

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Restrain 76% connected

To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress…

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Manner of action 18

Burke 76% connected

To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

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Choke 76% connected

To render unable to breathe by filling, pressing upon, or squeezing the windpipe; to stifle; to suffocate; to strangle.

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Dampen 76% connected

To make damp or moist; to make slightly wet.

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Hush 76% connected

To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

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Muffle 76% connected

The bare end of the nose between the nostrils; -- used esp. of ruminants.

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Quash 76% connected

Same as Squash.

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Quell 76% connected

To die.

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Quench 76% connected

To extinguish; to overwhelm; to make an end of; -- said of flame and fire, of things burning, and figuratively of sensations and emotions; as, to que…

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Reduce 76% connected

To bring or lead back to any former place or condition.

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Repress 76% connected

To press again.

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Silence 76% connected

The state of being silent; entire absence of sound or noise; absolute stillness.

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Smother 76% connected

To destroy the life of by suffocation; to deprive of the air necessary for life; to cover up closely so as to prevent breathing; to suffocate; as, to…

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Squelch 76% connected

To quell; to crush; to silence or put down.

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Stifle 76% connected

The joint next above the hock, and near the flank, in the hind leg of the horse and allied animals; the joint corresponding to the knee in man; -- ca…

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Still 76% connected

Motionless; at rest; quiet; as, to stand still; to lie or sit still.

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Strangle 76% connected

To compress the windpipe of (a person or animal) until death results from stoppage of respiration; to choke to death by compressing the throat, as wi…

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Subdue 76% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

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Subjugate 76% connected

To subdue, and bring under the yoke of power or dominion; to conquer by force, and compel to submit to the government or absolute control of another;…

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Derivationally related 10

Conqueror 74% connected

One who conquers.

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Conqueror 74% connected

One who conquers.

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Conquest 74% connected

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection…

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Conquest 74% connected

The act or process of conquering, or acquiring by force; the act of overcoming or subduing opposition by force, whether physical or moral; subjection…

oewn 2023 15% interchangeable

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Oppression 74% connected

The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

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Oppression 74% connected

The act of oppressing, or state of being oppressed.

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Oppressive 74% connected

Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

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Oppressive 74% connected

Unreasonably burdensome; unjustly severe, rigorous, or harsh; as, oppressive taxes; oppressive exactions of service; an oppressive game law.

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Oppressor 74% connected

One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

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Oppressor 74% connected

One who oppresses; one who imposes unjust burdens on others; one who harasses others with unjust laws or unreasonable severity.

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Synonym 6

Conquer 92% connected

To gain or acquire by force; to take possession of by violent means; to gain dominion over; to subdue by physical means; to reduce; to overcome by fo…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Crush 92% connected

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mas…

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Inhibit 92% connected

To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Oppress 92% connected

To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Repress 92% connected

To press again.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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Subdue 92% connected

To bring under; to conquer by force or the exertion of superior power, and bring into permanent subjection; to reduce under dominion; to vanquish.

oewn 2023 68% interchangeable

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