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squelch

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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: abolish
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: do away with or put an end to

Synonyms:

abate, abrogate, annihilate, annul, call off, cancel, destroy, disestablish, dissolve, end, eradicate, erase, expunge, extinguish, extirpate, finish, inhibit, invalidate, kill, negate, nix, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, overturn, prohibit, put an end to, put kibosh on, put the kibosh on, quash, repeal, repudiate, rescind, revoke, scrub, set aside, squelch, stamp out, subvert, supersede, suppress, terminate, undo, vacate, vitiate, void, wipe out, zap

Antonyms:

confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, legalize, promote, ratify, support, uphold
Main Entry: answer
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: reply, react

Synonyms:

acknowledge, answer back, argue, back at you, back talk, be in touch, claim, comeback, contest, counterclaim, defend, deny, disprove, dispute, echo, explain, feedback, field the question, get back at, get back to, give a snappy comeback, parry, plead, rebut, refute, rejoin, remark, resolve, respond, retaliate, retort, return, sass, say, settle, shoot back, solve, squelch, talk back, top*
Notes: an answer is something said, written, or done in return; a reply is an answer that satisfies a detail in a question

Antonyms:

ask, question
Main Entry: belittle
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: detract

Synonyms:

bad-mouth, blister, criticize, cut down to size, cut to the quick, decry, deprecate, depreciate, deride, derogate, diminish, discount, discredit, disparage, dispraise, downgrade, downplay, dump on, knock*, lower, minimize, pan, pooh pooh, poor mouth, put down, rip*, roast, run down, scoff at, scorch*, scorn, shoot down, shoot full of holes, slam*, smear, sneer at, sour grapes, squash, squelch, take a swipe at, take down, take down a peg, tear down, underestimate, underrate, undervalue, write off

Antonyms:

build up, exaggerate, praise, value
Main Entry: black out
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: lose consciousness

Synonyms:

batten, conceal, cover up, cross out, cut off, darken, delete; cover, eclipse, eradicate, erase, extinguish, faint, go out like a light, hold back, keel over, make dark, obfuscate, pass out, quash, rub out, shade, smother, squash, squelch, stifle, suppress, swoon, zonk out

Antonyms:

add, pencil in, uncover
Main Entry: censor
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: forbid; ban; selectively remove

Synonyms:

abridge, black out, blacklist, bleach, bleep, blue-pencil, bowdlerize, clean up, conceal, control, cork, criticize, cut, decontaminate, delete, drop the iron curtain, edit, examine, excise, expurgate, exscind, inspect, launder, narrow, oversee, prevent publication, purge, purify, put the lid on, refuse transmission, repress, restrain, restrict, review, revile, sanitize, scissor out, squelch, sterilize, strike out, supervise communications, suppress, withhold

Antonyms:

allow, approve, endorse, permit, sanction
Main Entry: check
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: hinder, restrain

Synonyms:

arrest, baffle, bar, bit, bottleneck, bridle, checkmate, choke, circumvent, constrain, control, counteract, curb, cut short, delay, discourage, foil, frustrate, halt, harness, hold, hold back, hold down, hold in, impede, inhibit, interrupt, keep back, limit, moderate, neutralize, nip in the bud, obstruct, obviate, pause, play for time, preclude, prevent, rebuff, reduce, rein in, repress, repulse, retard, slacken pace, slow down, snub, squelch, stay, stop, suppress, tame, terminate, thwart, withhold

Antonyms:

aid, allow, assist, expedite, help, indulge, liberate, permit
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: debrief
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: silence

Synonyms:

censor, dummy up, gag, hold one's tongue, hush up, mute, muzzle, put the lid on, quash, say nothing, shut up, sit on, soft-pedal, squelch, stifle, suppress
Main Entry: delete
Part of Speech: verb
Definition: erase, remove

Synonyms:

X-out, annul, black out, bleep, blot out, blue-pencil, cancel, clean, clean up, cross out, cut, cut out, decontaminate, destroy, drop, edit, efface, eliminate, exclude, expunge, obliterate, omit, pass up, rub, rub out, rule out, sanitize, snip, squash, squelch, sterilize, strike out, trim, wipe out

Antonyms:

add, put in
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