| Main Entry: | crush |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defeating soundly |
Synonyms: |
annihilate, bear down, beat, blot out, blow away, conquer, defeat, demolish, extinguish, force down, ice*, kill, obliterate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, quelch, quell, reduce, ruin, squelch, stamp out, strangle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, vanquish, wreck |
Antonyms: |
lose, surrender, yield |
| Main Entry: | repress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | keep back, hold in |
Synonyms: |
black out, bottle, chasten, check, collect, compose, control, cool*, cork, crush, curb, gridlock, hinder, hold back, inhibit, jam up, keep in, keep in check, keep under wraps, kill*, lock, master, muffle, overcome, overpower, quash, quelch, quell, rein, restrain, shush, silence, simmer down, smother, squelch, stifle, subdue, subjugate, suppress, swallow, throw cold water on, tie up |
Antonyms: |
allow, let go, permit |
| Main Entry: | squelch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | suppress, restrain |
Synonyms: |
black out, censure, crush, extinguish, kill, muffle, oppress, quelch, quench, repress, settle, shush, sit on, smother, squash, stifle, strangle, thwart |
Antonyms: |
allow, release |
| Main Entry: | strangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | choke, stifle |
Synonyms: |
asphyxiate, gag, garrote/garrotte, inhibit, kill, muffle, quelch, repress, restrain, shush, smother, squelch, strangulate, subdue, suffocate, suppress, throttle |
| Notes: | strangle implies a focus on the result of this process, whereas strangulate focuses on the process itself |
Antonyms: |
free, let go, loose |