silence

Definition for silence

noun as in absence of sound, speech

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blackout, calm, lull, peace, quiet, reticence, secrecy, stillness

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censorship, death, dumbness, hush, laconism, muteness, noiselessness, quiescence, quietness, quietude, reserve, sleep, speechlessness, still, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness

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dead air, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, saturninity

verb as in make or be quiet

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cut off, gag, muffle, mute, muzzle, quash, quell, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress

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clam, dampen, deaden, dull, extinguish, hush, lull, overawe, quiet, quieten, shush, soft pedal, still, tongue-tie

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choke off, clam up, close up, cool it, cut short, decrease the volume, dry up, dumb, dummy up, hold one's tongue, hush one's mouth, hush-hush, keep it down, pipe down, quiet down, say nothing, shut up, sit on, strike dumb

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Accusations suggesting otherwise were “politically motivated attacks on civil society, meant to silence speech the administration disagrees with,” the group said.

From Los Angeles Times

"The enabling silence among critics fearful of retributions is already prevalent."

From BBC

After weeks of silence and doubt, Emily's video about how pottery saved her life reaches thousands and other stroke survivors message her to praise her content.

From BBC

“But one thing I did learn from Lenny Bruce, and George Carlin, and Howard Stern is that a government threat to silence a comedian the president doesn’t like is anti-American. That’s anti-American.”

From Salon

“Absolute silence. No one’s called me back with anything. No answer. You don’t have a permit. There is no reason,” said Flaisher.

From Los Angeles Times

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