Exact Match:
Synonyms:
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Related Words:
- asphyxiate,
- bottle up,
- call down,
- censor,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- come down on,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- dress down,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- give it to,
- hold down,
- jump all over,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- speak to,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- talk to,
- tell off,
- throttle,
- trim
- OD,
- be killed,
- bottle up,
- burke,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- gag,
- garrote,
- hold down,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- starve,
- stifle,
- stop the breath,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle
- hold down
collapse - restrain; "please hold down the noise so that the neighbors can sleep"
- keep; "She manages to hold down two jobs" related words >
- asphyxiate,
- bit,
- bottle up,
- bridle,
- censor,
- check,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- constrain,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- curb,
- damp down,
- deprive of freedom,
- disenfranchise,
- disfranchise,
- dominate,
- drown,
- enslave,
- enthrall,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- hold back,
- hold captive,
- hold in,
- hold in bondage,
- hold in captivity,
- hold in leash,
- hold in subjection,
- inhibit,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lead captive,
- make dependent,
- muzzle,
- peonize,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subject,
- subjugate,
- subordinate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- take captive,
- throttle,
- vassalize,
- withhold
- ambush,
- asphyxiate,
- assail,
- assault,
- attack,
- blitz,
- bottle up,
- bushwhack,
- censor,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- come at,
- come down on,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crush,
- damp down,
- descend on,
- descend upon,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- fall on,
- fall upon,
- gag,
- gang up on,
- go at,
- go for,
- harry,
- have at,
- hit,
- hit like lightning,
- hold down,
- jump,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- land on,
- lay at,
- lay hands on,
- lay into,
- light into,
- mug,
- muzzle,
- pitch into,
- pounce upon,
- pound,
- pour water on,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- sail into,
- set on,
- set upon,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- strike,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- surprise,
- swoop down on,
- take the offensive,
- throttle,
- wade into
- stultify
collapse
- cause to appear foolish; "He stultified himself by contradicting himself and being inconsistent"
- prove to be of unsound mind or demonstrate someone's incompetence; "nobody is legally allowed to stultify himself" related words >
- annul,
- asphyxiate,
- befool,
- bottle up,
- bring to nothing,
- buffer,
- cancel,
- cancel out,
- censor,
- check,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- come to nothing,
- constipate,
- cork,
- cork up,
- counterbalance,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- deaden,
- discourage,
- drown,
- dull,
- dupe,
- enfeeble,
- extinguish,
- frustrate,
- gag,
- gull,
- hold down,
- impair,
- infatuate,
- inhibit,
- invalidate,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- negate,
- negativate,
- negative,
- neutralize,
- nullify,
- offset,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put on,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- restrain,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stagnate,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stunt,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- thwart,
- trammel,
- undo,
- vitiate,
- void,
- weaken
- abate,
- abrogate,
- annihilate,
- annul,
- asphyxiate,
- black out,
- bottle up,
- cancel,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- discharge,
- dissolve,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- hold down,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- invalidate,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- negate,
- nullify,
- overrule,
- overthrow,
- overwhelm,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put out,
- quell,
- quench,
- reject,
- repress,
- rescind,
- reverse,
- revoke,
- set aside,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- snuff out,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- throw out,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- undo,
- vacate,
- vitiate,
- void
- asphyxiate,
- beat down,
- bottle up,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- castrate,
- censor,
- choke off,
- coerce,
- compel,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cow,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- daunt,
- despotize,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- drown,
- enslave,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- grind,
- grind down,
- henpeck,
- hold down,
- intimidate,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lord it over,
- muzzle,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- pour water on,
- press heavy on,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- terrorize,
- throttle,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on
- arrest,
- asphyxiate,
- bar,
- bind,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bottle up,
- bung,
- caulk,
- cease,
- censor,
- check,
- chink,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- clamp down on,
- clog,
- clog up,
- congest,
- constipate,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cover,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- dam,
- dam up,
- damp down,
- drown,
- end,
- extinguish,
- fill,
- fill up,
- foul,
- gag,
- halt,
- hold down,
- jam,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- obstipate,
- obstruct,
- pack,
- plug,
- plug up,
- pour water on,
- prevent,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- spile,
- squash,
- squelch,
- staunch,
- stay,
- stem,
- stench,
- stifle,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- strangle,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle
- quench
collapse
- cool (hot metal) by plunging into cold water or other liquid; "quench steel"
- reduce the degree of (luminescence or phosphorescence) in (excited molecules or a material) by adding a suitable substance
- satisfy (thirst); "The cold water quenched his thirst"
- electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device related words >
- allay,
- appease,
- asphyxiate,
- assuage,
- blow out,
- blunt,
- bottle up,
- censor,
- chill,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- cool,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp,
- damp down,
- dampen,
- deflect,
- destroy,
- deter,
- disaffect,
- discourage,
- disincline,
- disinterest,
- distract,
- divert,
- douse,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- feast,
- feed,
- gag,
- gratify,
- hold down,
- indispose,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- muzzle,
- out,
- overcome,
- pour water on,
- put,
- put down,
- put off,
- put out,
- quash,
- quell,
- reduce,
- regale,
- repel,
- repress,
- sate,
- satiate,
- satisfy,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slack,
- slake,
- smash,
- smother,
- snuff,
- snuff out,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- surfeit,
- throttle,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- turn aside,
- turn away,
- turn from,
- turn off,
- wean from
- drown
collapse
- die from being submerged in water, getting water into the lungs, and asphyxiating; "The child drowned in the lake"
- get rid of as if by submerging; "She drowned her trouble in alcohol"
- kill by submerging in water; "He drowned the kittens" related words >
- OD,
- asphyxiate,
- baptize,
- be clobbered,
- be felled,
- be killed,
- be poleaxed,
- be staggered,
- be stricken,
- bottle up,
- burke,
- bury,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- come to grief,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- deluge,
- dip,
- douse,
- drench,
- duck,
- dunk,
- engulf,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- float,
- flood,
- flow on,
- founder,
- gag,
- garrote,
- have a mishap,
- hold down,
- immerge,
- immerse,
- inundate,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- knock over,
- merge,
- muzzle,
- overcome,
- overflow,
- overpower,
- overwhelm,
- plunge in water,
- pour on,
- pour water on,
- prostrate,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- rain,
- repress,
- run aground,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sink,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- sluice,
- smash,
- smother,
- soak,
- sop,
- souse,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- starve,
- stifle,
- stop the breath,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- submerge,
- submerse,
- suffer a misfortune,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- swamp,
- throttle,
- wet,
- whelm
- asphyxiate,
- be ruined,
- become insolvent,
- bottle up,
- break,
- bust,
- call a strike,
- call it quits,
- cease,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- close,
- close down,
- close shop,
- close up,
- collapse,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crash,
- crush,
- cut,
- damp down,
- drown,
- dumbfound,
- extinguish,
- fail,
- fold,
- fold up,
- gag,
- go bankrupt,
- go broke,
- go into receivership,
- go on strike,
- go to pot,
- go to ruin,
- go under,
- go up,
- hold down,
- hush,
- hush-hush,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- knock off,
- lay off,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put to silence,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- repress,
- secure,
- shush,
- shut,
- shut down on,
- shut off,
- shut up,
- shut up shop,
- shutter,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- soft-pedal,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- still,
- strangle,
- strike,
- strike dumb,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- switch off,
- throttle,
- turn off,
- walk out
- keep down
collapse
- manage not to throw up related words >
- asphyxiate,
- beat down,
- bottle up,
- break,
- browbeat,
- bulldoze,
- bully,
- castrate,
- censor,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- coerce,
- compel,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cow,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- damp down,
- daunt,
- deprive of freedom,
- despotize,
- disenfranchise,
- disfranchise,
- dominate,
- domineer,
- domineer over,
- drown,
- enslave,
- enthrall,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- grind,
- grind down,
- henpeck,
- hold captive,
- hold down,
- hold in bondage,
- hold in captivity,
- hold in leash,
- hold in subjection,
- intimidate,
- jump on,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lead captive,
- lord it over,
- make dependent,
- muzzle,
- oppress,
- overawe,
- overbear,
- overmaster,
- override,
- peonize,
- pour water on,
- press heavy on,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- repress,
- ride over,
- ride roughshod over,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subject,
- subjugate,
- subordinate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- take captive,
- terrorize,
- throttle,
- trample down,
- trample upon,
- tread down,
- tread upon,
- tyrannize,
- tyrannize over,
- unman,
- vassalize,
- walk all over,
- walk over,
- weigh heavy on
- abut on,
- adopt,
- appropriate,
- arrogate,
- asphyxiate,
- assume,
- bawl out,
- be based on,
- bear on,
- bestraddle,
- bestride,
- black out,
- bottle up,
- censor,
- chew,
- chew ass,
- chew out,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- colonize,
- conquer,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- cuss out,
- damp down,
- drown,
- enslave,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- give a going-over,
- give hail Columbia,
- give hell,
- give the deuce,
- give what-for,
- hog,
- hold down,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- indent,
- jack up,
- jump a claim,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lambaste,
- lean on,
- lie on,
- make free with,
- make use of,
- monopolize,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- occupy,
- overrun,
- perch,
- pour water on,
- preempt,
- preoccupy,
- prepossess,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- ream,
- ream ass,
- ream out,
- rely on,
- repose on,
- repress,
- requisition,
- rest on,
- ride,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- smash,
- smother,
- squash,
- squat on,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stand on,
- stifle,
- straddle,
- strangle,
- stride,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- take all of,
- take it all,
- take over,
- take possession of,
- take up,
- throttle,
- usurp
- quell
collapse
- overcome or allay; "quell my hunger" related words >
- allay,
- alleviate,
- annihilate,
- appease,
- asphyxiate,
- assuage,
- beat down,
- bend,
- bottle up,
- break,
- break down,
- bring low,
- bring to terms,
- calm,
- calm down,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- compose,
- conquer,
- cool,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- cradle,
- crush,
- damp down,
- drown,
- dulcify,
- ease,
- even out,
- extinguish,
- fell,
- flatten,
- gag,
- gentle,
- hold down,
- humble,
- humiliate,
- hush,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lull,
- master,
- mitigate,
- moderate,
- mollify,
- muzzle,
- overcome,
- overmaster,
- override,
- overwhelm,
- pacify,
- pour balm into,
- pour water on,
- prostrate,
- put down,
- put out,
- quash,
- quench,
- quiet,
- reduce,
- repress,
- rest,
- ride down,
- rock,
- rock to sleep,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smooth,
- smooth down,
- smooth over,
- smoothen,
- smother,
- snuff out,
- soothe,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stabilize,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- steady,
- stifle,
- still,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- subjugate,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- trample down,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- tranquilize,
- tread underfoot,
- tyrannize,
- unman,
- vanquish
- abduct,
- arrest,
- asphyxiate,
- backpedal,
- backwater,
- bottle up,
- brake,
- burke,
- carry off,
- censor,
- check,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- clip the wings,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crush,
- curb,
- damp down,
- decelerate,
- deflate,
- delay,
- detain,
- disarm,
- draw rein,
- drown,
- dumbfound,
- ease off,
- ease up,
- enchain,
- extinguish,
- gag,
- garrote,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold in check,
- hold up,
- hush,
- hush-hush,
- impede,
- jump on,
- keep back,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kidnap,
- kill,
- knock out,
- let down,
- let up,
- lose ground,
- lose momentum,
- lose speed,
- manacle,
- moderate,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- obstruct,
- paralyze,
- pour water on,
- prostrate,
- put down,
- put to silence,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quiet,
- quieten,
- reef,
- rein in,
- relax,
- repress,
- retard,
- set back,
- shanghai,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slack off,
- slack up,
- slacken,
- slow,
- slow down,
- slow up,
- smash,
- smother,
- soft-pedal,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stay,
- stifle,
- still,
- stop the breath,
- strangle,
- strike dumb,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- take in sail,
- throttle down,
- truss up
- soot
collapse
- coat with soot related words >
- air pollution,
- alluvion,
- alluvium,
- ash,
- ashes,
- attritus,
- bedarken,
- begrime,
- bemire,
- bemud,
- besmirch,
- besmoke,
- black,
- blacken,
- blackening,
- blacking,
- blackwash,
- blot,
- blotch,
- bran,
- brand,
- burnt cork,
- calx,
- carbon,
- carbon black,
- charcoal,
- cinder,
- clinker,
- coal,
- coke,
- coom,
- cork,
- cosmic dust,
- crow,
- crumb,
- crumble,
- darken,
- denigrate,
- deposition,
- deposits,
- diluvium,
- dinge,
- dirt,
- dirty,
- dirty up,
- draff,
- dregs,
- dross,
- dust,
- dust ball,
- ebon,
- ebonize,
- ebony,
- efflorescence,
- ember,
- fallout,
- farina,
- feces,
- filings,
- flour,
- froth,
- fume,
- gas black,
- grime,
- grits,
- groats,
- grounds,
- ink,
- jet,
- kittens,
- lampblack,
- lava,
- lees,
- lint,
- loess,
- meal,
- melanize,
- mire,
- moraine,
- muck,
- muck up,
- mud,
- muddy,
- murk,
- night,
- nigrify,
- offscum,
- oversmoke,
- pitch,
- powder,
- precipitate,
- precipitation,
- pussies,
- raspings,
- raven,
- reek,
- sawdust,
- scoria,
- scum,
- sediment,
- settlings,
- shade,
- shadow,
- silt,
- sinter,
- slag,
- slime,
- sloe,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- stove black,
- sublimate,
- sullage,
- tar
- suffocate
collapse
- feel uncomfortable for lack of fresh air; "The room was hot and stuffy and we were suffocating"
- be asphyxiated; die from lack of oxygen; "The child suffocated under the pillow"
- suppress the development, creativity, or imagination of; "His job suffocated him"
- become stultified, suppressed, or stifled; "He is suffocating--living at home with his aged parents in the small village"
- impair the respiration of or obstruct the air passage of; "The foul air was slowly suffocating the children" related words >
- OD,
- asphyxiate,
- bake,
- bar,
- barricade,
- be in heat,
- be killed,
- blaze,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bloom,
- boil,
- bolt,
- bottle up,
- broil,
- burke,
- burn,
- censor,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- combust,
- constrict,
- cook,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crowd,
- crush,
- damp down,
- debar,
- dog,
- drown,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- flame,
- flame up,
- flare,
- flare up,
- flicker,
- flush,
- fry,
- gag,
- garrote,
- gasp,
- glow,
- hold down,
- incandesce,
- jam,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lock,
- muzzle,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- pack,
- pant,
- parch,
- pour water on,
- put down,
- put out,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- radiate heat,
- repress,
- roast,
- scald,
- scorch,
- seethe,
- shimmer with heat,
- shut down on,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut tight,
- silence,
- simmer,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smolder,
- smother,
- smothering,
- smudgy,
- snuff out,
- spark,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- starve,
- steam,
- stew,
- stifle,
- stop the breath,
- stop up,
- strangle,
- strangulate,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocating,
- suppress,
- sweat,
- swelter,
- throttle,
- toast,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- voice
- life preserver
collapse
- rescue equipment consisting of a buoyant belt or jacket to keep a person from drowning related words >
- Carling float,
- Mae West,
- aegis,
- arm guard,
- backstop,
- balsa,
- balsa raft,
- bob,
- boom,
- breeches buoy,
- buffer,
- bulwark,
- bumper,
- buoy,
- contraceptive,
- copyright,
- cork,
- cork jacket,
- crash helmet,
- cushion,
- dashboard,
- dodger,
- ejection capsule,
- ejection seat,
- ejector seat,
- face mask,
- fender,
- finger guard,
- float,
- foot guard,
- fuse,
- goggles,
- governor,
- guard,
- guardrail,
- hand guard,
- handrail,
- hard hat,
- helmet,
- insulation,
- interlock,
- knee guard,
- knuckle guard,
- laminated glass,
- life belt,
- life buoy,
- life jacket,
- life net,
- life raft,
- life ring,
- life vest,
- lifeboat,
- lifeline,
- lightning conductor,
- lightning rod,
- mask,
- mudguard,
- nose guard,
- pad,
- padding,
- palladium,
- parachute,
- patent,
- pilot,
- pontoon,
- preventive,
- prophylactic,
- protective clothing,
- protective umbrella,
- raft,
- rubber dinghy,
- safeguard,
- safety,
- safety belt,
- safety glass,
- safety plug,
- safety rail,
- safety shoes,
- safety switch,
- safety valve,
- screen,
- seat belt,
- shield,
- shin guard,
- sun helmet,
- surfboard,
- umbrella,
- water wings,
- windscreen,
- windshield
- faucet
collapse
- a regulator for controlling the flow of a liquid from a reservoir related words >
- lock in
collapse
- place in a place where something cannot be removed or someone cannot escape; "The parents locked her daughter up for the weekend"; "She locked her jewels in the safe"
- close with or as if with a tight seal; "This vacuum pack locks in the flavor!" related words >
- censor
collapse
- a person who is authorized to read publications or correspondence or to watch theatrical performances and suppress in whole or in part anything considered obscene or politically unacceptable
- someone who censures or condemns
- subject to political, religious, or moral censorship; "This magazine is censored by the government" related words >
- abbreviate,
- abridge,
- annotator,
- asphyxiate,
- belittler,
- black out,
- bleach,
- blip,
- blot out,
- blue-pencil,
- bottle up,
- bowdlerize,
- cancel,
- captious critic,
- carper,
- caviler,
- censurer,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- clean up,
- cognoscente,
- commentator,
- commenter,
- common scold,
- connoisseur,
- conscience,
- conscientiousness,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- critic,
- criticaster,
- criticizer,
- critickin,
- criticule,
- cross out,
- crush,
- cut,
- cut out,
- damp down,
- delete,
- drown,
- edit,
- edit out,
- editor,
- erase,
- ethical self,
- excise,
- expunge,
- expurgate,
- extinguish,
- faultfinder,
- frondeur,
- gag,
- grace,
- hold down,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush,
- hush up,
- hush-hush,
- inner arbiter,
- inward monitor,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kill,
- literary critic,
- man of letters,
- momus,
- monopolist,
- moral censor,
- muckraker,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- narrow,
- nitpicker,
- omit,
- pettifogger,
- pour water on,
- protectionist,
- purge,
- purify,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- quibbler,
- repress,
- rescind,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- restrictionist,
- reviewer,
- rub out,
- scholiast,
- scold,
- screen,
- shush,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- smash,
- smellfungus,
- smother,
- social conscience,
- social critic,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- strike,
- strike off,
- strike out,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- superego,
- suppress,
- tender conscience,
- textual critic,
- throttle,
- twinge of conscience,
- voice of conscience,
- void
- bottle up
collapse
- control and refrain from showing; of emotions related words >
- arrest,
- asphyxiate,
- bosom,
- box in,
- box up,
- bury,
- cabin,
- cache,
- cage,
- casket,
- censor,
- check,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- cloister,
- closet,
- coffin,
- confine,
- constrain,
- coop,
- coop in,
- coop up,
- cork,
- cork up,
- countercheck,
- crack down on,
- cramp,
- crib,
- crush,
- curb,
- dam up,
- damp,
- damp down,
- dampen,
- delay,
- deposit,
- detain,
- drown,
- embosom,
- encage,
- encase,
- enclose,
- entomb,
- extinguish,
- fence in,
- file and forget,
- gag,
- hem in,
- hide away,
- hinder,
- hold,
- hold back,
- hold down,
- hold in,
- hold in check,
- hold in custody,
- hold in restraint,
- hold up,
- immure,
- impede,
- impound,
- inhibit,
- intercept,
- interfere,
- intermeddle,
- interrupt,
- intervene,
- jump on,
- keep,
- keep back,
- keep down,
- keep hidden,
- keep in,
- keep in check,
- keep in custody,
- keep in detention,
- keep secret,
- keep under,
- kill,
- lock in,
- lock up,
- maintain,
- meddle,
- mew,
- mew up,
- muzzle,
- oppose,
- pen,
- pen up,
- plant,
- pound,
- pour water on,
- preserve,
- put away,
- put down,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- rail in,
- repress,
- resist,
- restrain,
- restrict,
- retain,
- retard,
- save,
- save up,
- scotch,
- seal up,
- secrete,
- set back,
- shackle,
- shut down on,
- shut in,
- shut up,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slacken,
- smash,
- smother,
- snub,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stanch,
- stash,
- stifle,
- store away,
- stow away,
- straiten,
- strangle,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- wall in
- KO,
- abate,
- abolish,
- abscind,
- adumbrate,
- amputate,
- annihilate,
- asphyxiate,
- ban,
- banish,
- bar,
- blot out,
- blow out,
- bob,
- bottle up,
- call off,
- cancel,
- censor,
- choke,
- choke off,
- clamp down on,
- clip,
- complete,
- cork,
- cork up,
- crack down on,
- crop,
- crush,
- cull,
- cut,
- cut away,
- cut off,
- cut out,
- damp,
- damp down,
- delete,
- destroy,
- dim,
- dispose of,
- do away with,
- dock,
- douse,
- drop the curtain,
- drown,
- eclipse,
- eliminate,
- end off,
- enucleate,
- eradicate,
- except,
- excise,
- exclude,
- expunge,
- exterminate,
- extirpate,
- fake out,
- finalize,
- finish,
- fold up,
- gag,
- get it over,
- get over with,
- get through with,
- give the quietus,
- hold down,
- isolate,
- jump on,
- kayo,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- kibosh,
- kill,
- knock off,
- knock out,
- lop,
- mutilate,
- muzzle,
- nip,
- nullify,
- obliterate,
- obscure,
- out,
- outdo,
- overshadow,
- pare,
- peel,
- perfect,
- pick out,
- polish off,
- pour water on,
- prune,
- put down,
- put out,
- put paid to,
- put to shame,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- remove,
- repress,
- root out,
- rule out,
- scrag,
- set apart,
- set aside,
- shave,
- shear,
- shoot down,
- show up,
- shut down on,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slack,
- smash,
- smother,
- snuff,
- snuff out,
- squash,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- stifle,
- strangle,
- strike off,
- strip,
- strip off,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- take off,
- take out,
- throttle,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- truncate,
- turn off,
- turn out,
- uproot,
- wipe,
- wipe out,
- zap
- safety belt
collapse
- belt attaching you to some object as a restraint in order to prevent you from getting hurt related words >
- life jacket
collapse
- life preserver consisting of a sleeveless jacket of buoyant or inflatable design related words >
- water wings
collapse
- a life preserver consisting of a connected pair of inflatable bags that fit under a person's arms and provide buoyancy; used by children learning to swim related words >
- Mae West
collapse
- an inflatable life jacket related words >
- coif
collapse
- a skullcap worn by nuns under a veil or by soldiers under a hood of mail or formerly by British sergeants-at-law
- cover with a coif related words >
- Afro,
- barber,
- bob,
- bonnet,
- boot,
- breech,
- cap,
- ceil,
- cloak,
- coat,
- coiffure,
- cold wave,
- conk,
- cork,
- crown,
- dome,
- frock,
- gown,
- haircut,
- hairdo,
- hairstyle,
- hat,
- headdress,
- home permanent,
- hood,
- jacket,
- mantle,
- natural,
- permanent,
- permanent wave,
- pompadour,
- process,
- roof,
- roof in,
- shingle,
- shirt,
- shoe,
- sock,
- stocking,
- stopper,
- tip,
- top,
- trim,
- wave
- oak
collapse
- a deciduous tree of the genus Quercus; has acorns and lobed leaves; "great oaks grow from little acorns"
- the hard durable wood of any oak; used especially for furniture and flooring related words >
- Gibraltar,
- acacia,
- adamant,
- ailanthus,
- alder,
- alligator pear,
- allspice,
- almond,
- apple,
- apricot,
- ash,
- aspen,
- avocado,
- balsa,
- balsam,
- banyan,
- bass,
- basswood,
- bay,
- bayberry,
- beech,
- beechwood,
- betel palm,
- birch,
- bone,
- brick,
- buckeye,
- burl,
- butternut,
- buttonwood,
- cacao,
- candleberry,
- cashew,
- cassia,
- catalpa,
- cement,
- cherry,
- chestnut,
- chinquapin,
- cinnamon,
- citron,
- clove,
- coconut,
- concrete,
- cork,
- cork oak,
- cypress,
- diamond,
- dogwood,
- ebony,
- elder,
- elm,
- eucalyptus,
- fig,
- fir,
- flint,
- frankincense,
- granite,
- grapefruit,
- guava,
- gum,
- gumwood,
- hawthorn,
- hazel,
- heart of oak,
- hemlock,
- henna,
- hickory,
- holly,
- hop tree,
- horse,
- horse chestnut,
- iron,
- ironwood,
- juniper,
- kumquat,
- laburnum,
- lancewood,
- larch,
- laurel,
- lemon,
- lime,
- linden,
- lion,
- litchi,
- litchi nut,
- locust,
- logwood,
- magnolia,
- mahogany,
- mango,
- mangrove,
- maple,
- marble,
- medlar,
- mountain ash,
- mulberry,
- nails,
- nutmeg,
- olive,
- orange,
- ox,
- palm,
- papaw,
- papaya,
- peach,
- pear,
- pecan,
- persimmon,
- pine,
- pistachio,
- plane,
- plum,
- pomegranate,
- poplar,
- quince,
- raffia palm,
- rain tree,
- redwood,
- rock,
- sandalwood,
- sassafras,
- senna,
- sequoia,
- spruce,
- steel,
- stone,
- sumac,
- sycamore,
- tangerine,
- teak,
- tulip tree,
- walnut,
- willow,
- witch hazel,
- yew
- caulk
collapse
- a waterproof sealant and filler that is used in building and repair to make watertight
- seal with caulking; "caulk the window" related words >
- spume
collapse
- foam or froth on the sea related words >
- aerate,
- air,
- beat,
- breakers,
- bubble,
- chaff,
- chip,
- cobweb,
- collar,
- cork,
- cream,
- down,
- dust,
- ether,
- fairy,
- feather,
- flue,
- fluff,
- foam,
- froth,
- fuzz,
- gossamer,
- head,
- lather,
- mantle,
- meringue,
- mote,
- mousse,
- offscum,
- plash,
- puff,
- scud,
- scum,
- sea foam,
- shower,
- slosh,
- soapsuds,
- souffle,
- sparge,
- spatter,
- spindrift,
- splash,
- splatter,
- sponge,
- spoondrift,
- spray,
- sprinkle,
- stinging,
- straw,
- sud,
- suds,
- surf,
- swash,
- thistledown,
- whip,
- whisk,
- white water,
- yeast
- ejection seat
collapse
- a pilot's seat in an airplane that can be forcibly ejected in the case of an emergency; then the pilot descends by parachute related words >
- Mae West,
- bolt-hole,
- breeches buoy,
- buoy,
- cork jacket,
- ejection capsule,
- ejector seat,
- emergency exit,
- escape hatch,
- fire escape,
- inflatable slide,
- life belt,
- life buoy,
- life jacket,
- life net,
- life preserver,
- life raft,
- life ring,
- life vest,
- lifeboat,
- lifeline,
- parachute,
- rubber dinghy,
- safety belt,
- sally port,
- slide,
- water wings
- strangle
collapse
- die from strangulation
- kill by squeezing the throat of so as to cut off the air; "he tried to strangle his opponent"; "A man in Boston has been strangling several dozen prostitutes" related words >
- OD,
- abbreviate,
- asphyxiate,
- bang,
- bar,
- barricade,
- batten,
- batten down,
- be killed,
- behead,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bolt,
- bottle up,
- bowstring,
- burke,
- burn,
- button,
- button up,
- censor,
- chock,
- choke,
- choke off,
- circumscribe,
- clamp down on,
- clap,
- close,
- close off,
- close tight,
- close up,
- coarct,
- compact,
- compress,
- concentrate,
- condense,
- consolidate,
- constrict,
- constringe,
- contain,
- contract,
- cork,
- cork up,
- cover,
- crack down on,
- cramp,
- crowd,
- crucify,
- crush,
- curtail,
- damp down,
- debar,
- decapitate,
- decollate,
- decrease,
- defenestrate,
- deflate,
- disarm,
- dog,
- draw,
- draw in,
- draw together,
- drown,
- electrocute,
- enchain,
- execute,
- extinguish,
- famish,
- fasten,
- fold,
- fold up,
- gag,
- garrote,
- guillotine,
- hamstring,
- handcuff,
- hobble,
- hog-tie,
- hold down,
- inflict capital punishment,
- jam,
- jump on,
- keep down,
- keep under,
- key,
- kill,
- knit,
- knock out,
- lapidate,
- latch,
- lock,
- lock out,
- lock up,
- manacle,
- muffle,
- muzzle,
- narrow,
- obstruct,
- occlude,
- pack,
- padlock,
- paralyze,
- plumb,
- pour water on,
- prostrate,
- pucker,
- pucker up,
- purse,
- put down,
- put out,
- put to death,
- quash,
- quell,
- quench,
- reduce,
- repress,
- seal,
- seal off,
- seal up,
- secure,
- shoot,
- shorten,
- shush,
- shut,
- shut down on,
- shut off,
- shut out,
- shut the door,
- shut tight,
- shut up,
- silence,
- sit down on,
- sit on,
- slam,
- smash,
- smother,
- snap,
- snuff out,
- solidify,
- squash,
- squeeze,
- squeeze shut,
- squelch,
- stamp out,
- stanch,
- starve,
- stifle,
- stone,
- stop the breath,
- stop up,
- strangulate,
- stultify,
- subdue,
- suffocate,
- suppress,
- throttle,
- trample out,
- trample underfoot,
- truss up,
- wrinkle,
- zip up,
- zipper
- asperse,
- bedarken,
- besmirch,
- bespatter,
- black,
- blacken,
- blackwash,
- blot,
- blotch,
- call names,
- calumniate,
- charcoal,
- cork,
- darken,
- defame,
- defile,
- deprecate,
- depreciate,
- despise,
- dinge,
- discommend,
- disdain,
- disparage,
- dispraise,
- disvalue,
- ebonize,
- engage in personalities,
- heap dirt upon,
- hold in contempt,
- ink,
- libel,
- melanize,
- muckrake,
- murk,
- nigrify,
- oversmoke,
- put down,
- revile,
- ridicule,
- scandalize,
- shade,
- shadow,
- slander,
- smear,
- smirch,
- smoke,
- smudge,
- smut,
- smutch,
- soil,
- soot,
- stigmatize,
- sully,
- tarnish,
- tear down,
- throw mud at,
- traduce,
- vilify
- bar,
- bind,
- block,
- block up,
- blockade,
- bung,
- caulk,
- check valve,
- chink,
- choke,
- choke off,
- choke up,
- clog,
- clog up,
- cock,
- congest,
- constipate,
- cork,
- cover,
- dam,
- dam up,
- faucet,
- fill,
- fill up,
- foul,
- jam,
- lid,
- obstipate,
- obstruct,
- pack,
- peg,
- pin,
- plug,
- plug up,
- sea cock,
- spigot,
- spike,
- spile,
- spill,
- stanch,
- stay,
- stench,
- stop,
- stop up,
- stopgap,
- stopper,
- stuff,
- stuff up,
- tap,
- valve
- buoy
collapse
- bright-colored; a float attached by rope to the seabed to mark channels in a harbor or underwater hazards
- mark with a buoy
- keep afloat; "The life vest buoyed him up"
- float on the surface of water related words >
- Carling float,
- Mae West,
- Roman candle,
- aid to navigation,
- alarm,
- amber light,
- balefire,
- balsa,
- balsa raft,
- beacon,
- beacon fire,
- bear up,
- bell,
- bell buoy,
- blinker,
- blue peter,
- bob,
- boom,
- breeches buoy,
- buoy up,
- caution light,
- cork,
- cork jacket,
- ejection capsule,
- ejection seat,
- ejector seat,
- elevate,
- flare,
- float,
- float high,
- fog bell,
- fog signal,
- fog whistle,
- foghorn,
- glance,
- go light,
- gong buoy,
- green light,
- hearten,
- heliograph,
- high sign,
- hold up,
- international alphabet flag,
- international numeral pennant,
- keep up,
- kick,
- leer,
- life belt,
- life buoy,
- life jacket,
- life net,
- life preserver,
- life raft,
- life ring,
- life vest,
- lifeboat,
- lifeline,
- lift,
- lollipop,
- marker beacon,
- nod,
- nudge,
- parachute,
- parachute flare,
- pilot flag,
- poke,
- police whistle,
- pontoon,
- quarantine flag,
- radio beacon,
- raft,
- raise,
- red flag,
- red light,
- ride high,
- rocket,
- rubber dinghy,
- safety belt,
- sailing aid,
- semaphore,
- semaphore flag,
- semaphore telegraph,
- sign,
- signal,
- signal beacon,
- signal bell,
- signal fire,
- signal flag,
- signal gong,
- signal gun,
- signal lamp,
- signal light,
- signal mast,
- signal post,
- signal rocket,
- signal shot,
- signal siren,
- signal tower,
- siren,
- spar buoy,
- stop light,
- support,
- surfboard,
- sustain,
- the nod,
- the wink,
- touch,
- traffic light,
- traffic signal,
- upbear,
- uphold,
- uplift,
- upraise,
- waft,
- watch fire,
- water wings,
- white flag,
- wigwag,
- wigwag flag,
- wink,
- yellow flag
- valve
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- control consisting of a mechanical device for controlling the flow of a fluid
- device in a brass wind instrument for varying the length of the air column to alter the pitch of a tone
- a structure in a hollow organ (like the heart) with a flap to insure one-way flow of fluid through it related words >
- aerophone,
- ball cock,
- ball valve,
- bell,
- bung,
- bunghole,
- check valve,
- cock,
- cork,
- discharge tube,
- double reed,
- drain cock,
- draw cock,
- embouchure,
- faucet,
- gate,
- horn,
- key,
- lid,
- lip,
- mouthpiece,
- needle valve,
- peg,
- petcock,
- pin,
- pipe,
- plug,
- radio tube,
- reed,
- sea cock,
- slide,
- spigot,
- spike,
- spile,
- spill,
- stop,
- stopcock,
- stopgap,
- stopper,
- stopple,
- tap,
- tooter,
- tube,
- vacuum tube,
- valvula,
- valvule,
- wind,
- wind instrument
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