Thesaurus / clamp down
FEEDBACK- muzzle
- suppress
- smother
- repress
- suffocate
- curb
- squelch
- strangle
- silence
- asphyxiate
- stultify
- muffle
- stagnate
- stop
- choke
- cork
- hush
- trammel
- kill
- squash
- spike
- gag
- extinguish
- check
- black out
- hush up
- shut up
- constipate
- torpedo
- burke
- bring to screeching halt
- choke back
- clam up
- cover up
- crack down
- dry up
- hold it down
- put the lid on
- sit on
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How to use clamp down in a sentence
Then there was Wee Wo,—he was a little Chinese chap, and we used to send him down the chimneys to open front doors for us.
DAVY AND THE GOBLINCHARLES E. CARRYLThe bride elect rushes up to him, and so they both step down to the foot-lights.
PHYSIOLOGY OF THE OPERAJOHN H. SWABY (AKA "SCRICI")I take the Extream Bells, and set down the six Changes on them thus.
TINTINNALOGIA, OR, THE ART OF RINGINGRICHARD DUCKWORTH AND FABIAN STEDMANHis wife stood smiling and waving, the boys shouting, as he disappeared in the old rockaway down the sandy road.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINSo he bore down on the solemn declaration that she stood face to face with a prison term for perjury.
THE BONDBOYGEORGE W. (GEORGE WASHINGTON) OGDENDo not the widow's tears run down the cheek, and her cry against him that causeth them to fall?
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSThe two women had no intention of bathing; they had just strolled down to the beach for a walk and to be alone and near the water.
THE AWAKENING AND SELECTED SHORT STORIESKATE CHOPINBut, when the car came thundering down, it was crammed to the step; with a melancholy gesture, the driver declined her signal.
HILDA LESSWAYSARNOLD BENNETTAs Spain, however, has fallen from the high place she once held, her colonial system has also gone down.
TOBACCO; ITS HISTORY, VARIETIES, CULTURE, MANUFACTURE AND COMMERCEE. R. BILLINGS.The volcanic eruptions of the mountains on the west broke down its barriers, and let its waters flow.
BLACKWOOD'S EDINBURGH MAGAZINE, VOLUME 60, NO. 372, OCTOBER 1846VARIOUSWORDS RELATED TO CLAMP DOWN
- asphyxiate
- black out
- bring to screeching halt
- burke
- check
- choke
- choke back
- clam up
- clamp down
- constipate
- cork
- cover up
- crack down
- curb
- dry up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold it down
- hush
- hush up
- kill
- muffle
- muzzle
- put the lid on
- repress
- shut up
- silence
- sit on
- smother
- spike
- squash
- squelch
- stagnate
- stop
- strangle
- stultify
- suffocate
- suppress
- torpedo
- trammel
- asphyxiated
- black out
- brought to screeching halt
- burked
- checked
- choked
- choked back
- clammed up
- clamped down
- constipated
- corked
- covered up
- cracked down
- curbed
- dried up
- extinguished
- gagged
- held it down
- hushed
- hushed up
- killed
- muffled
- muzzled
- put the lid on
- repressed
- sat on
- shut up
- silenced
- smothered
- spiked
- squashed
- squelched
- stagnated
- stopped
- strangled
- stultified
- suffocated
- suppressed
- torpedoed
- trammeled
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