Thesaurus / muzzle
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
The mask my mother-in-law puts on the dog statue outside her front door keeps getting ripped from his muzzle.
GRANDMA HUGS BEAT OUT PIÑA COLADAS FOR OUR PANDEMIC-ERA SPRING BREAKPETULA DVORAKAPRIL 8, 2021WASHINGTON POST
The wild grass beyond his muzzle looked parched enough to burst into flames if you glanced at it wrong.
THIS ODDBALL CHEF WANTS TO SERVE YOU WILD ANIMALSDANIEL DUANEAPRIL 5, 2021OUTSIDE ONLINE
I was trying to invent a kid-friendly mask that wouldn’t easily slip off little ears and I accidentally created a cotton muzzle.
SOME OBJECTS WILL REMIND US OF THE PANDEMIC LONG AFTER IT’S OVERTHERESA VARGASFEBRUARY 17, 2021WASHINGTON POST
“It took me 20 minutes just to be able to touch his muzzle,” Dianne wrote.
SOME TASTY, FOOD-INSPIRED NAMES WERE ON THE MENU FOR THESE PETSJOHN KELLYNOVEMBER 29, 2020WASHINGTON POST
He turned at the sound of my voice with vastly more concern than he'd betrayed under the muzzle of Piegan's gun.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
It was a hippopotamus which had been standing on the river-brink within six yards of the muzzle of his gun.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNE
The gunner's seat moved with the carriage, from which he could elevate or depress the muzzle by a lever.
LIFE OF RICHARD TREVITHICK, VOLUME II (OF 2)FRANCIS TREVITHICK
Then, lifting its head and muzzle to the sky, it opened its long jaws and gave vent to a dismal and prolonged howling.
THREE MORE JOHN SILENCE STORIESALGERNON BLACKWOOD
He laughed, stooped over Black Hood, pressed the muzzle of his gun to the manhunter's forehead.
His muzzle, shaped something like a duck's bill, nevertheless formed Paula's name tolerably well.
THE STARS, MY BROTHERSEDMOND HAMILTON
WORDS RELATED TO MUZZLE
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- arrest
- balk
- bar
- block
- bottleneck
- box in
- burden
- check
- choke
- clog
- contravene
- counteract
- crab
- cramp
- crimp
- cripple
- curb
- debar
- delay
- deter
- encumber
- fetter
- frustrate
- get in the way
- hamper
- hamstring
- handicap
- hog-tie
- hold back
- hold up
- impede
- inhibit
- interfere
- interrupt
- louse up
- muzzle
- neutralize
- obstruct
- offset
- oppose
- preclude
- prohibit
- resist
- retard
- shut out
- snafu
- stay
- stop
- stymie
- terminate
- thwart
- trammel
- action
- attenuate
- batter
- blunt
- cripple
- damage
- debilitate
- disarm
- disenable
- disqualify
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exhaust
- hamstring
- handicap
- harm
- hock
- hogtie
- hurt
- impair
- incapacitate
- invalidate
- kibosh
- knock out
- maim
- mangle
- mar
- mutilate
- muzzle
- paralyze
- pinion
- prostrate
- put out of action
- render incapable
- ruin
- sabotage
- sap
- shatter
- shoot down
- spoil
- take out
- throw monkey wrench in
- total
- unbrace
- undermine
- unfit
- unstrengthen
- weaken
- wreck
- action
- attenuate
- batter
- blunt
- cripple
- damage
- debilitate
- disarm
- disenable
- disqualify
- enervate
- enfeeble
- exhaust
- hamstring
- handicap
- harm
- hock
- hogtie
- hurt
- impair
- incapacitate
- invalidate
- kibosh
- knock out
- maim
- mangle
- mar
- mutilate
- muzzle
- paralyze
- pinion
- prostrate
- put out of action
- render incapable
- ruin
- sabotage
- sap
- shatter
- shoot down
- spoil
- take out
- throw monkey wrench in
- total
- unbrace
- undermine
- unfit
- unstrengthen
- weaken
- wreck
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.