Thesaurus / muzzle
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My owner was horrified, and he took off the muzzle, and I am sure he felt awful that he put me through such a dreadful ordeal.
MY NAME IS MAX, AND I HAVE A CICADA PROBLEMKEVIN AMBROSEMAY 28, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThen, five minutes later, I was outside with no muzzle eating cicadas.
MY NAME IS MAX, AND I HAVE A CICADA PROBLEMKEVIN AMBROSEMAY 28, 2021WASHINGTON POSTThe 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 POSTThe 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 ONLINEI 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 POSTHe 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. SINCLAIRIt was a hippopotamus which had been standing on the river-brink within six yards of the muzzle of his gun.
HUNTING THE LIONSR.M. BALLANTYNEThe 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 TREVITHICKThen, 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 BLACKWOODWORDS RELATED TO MUZZLE
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft-pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- arrest
- bind
- bottle up
- box up
- bridle
- chain
- check
- choke back
- circumscribe
- confine
- constrain
- contain
- control
- cool
- cork
- crack down
- curb
- curtail
- debar
- delimit
- detain
- deter
- direct
- fetter
- gag
- govern
- guide
- hamper
- handicap
- harness
- hem in
- hinder
- hogtie
- hold
- impound
- imprison
- inhibit
- jail
- keep
- keep down
- keep in line
- kill
- limit
- lock up
- manacle
- muzzle
- pinion
- prevent
- proscribe
- pull back
- repress
- restrict
- sit on
- stay
- subdue
- suppress
- tie down
- tie up
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- say nothing
- shut up
- sit on
- soft pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- choke off
- clam
- clam up
- close up
- cool it
- cut off
- cut short
- dampen
- deaden
- decrease the volume
- dry up
- dull
- dumb
- dummy up
- extinguish
- gag
- hold one's tongue
- hush
- hush one's mouth
- hush-hush
- keep it down
- lull
- muffle
- mute
- muzzle
- overawe
- pipe down
- quash
- quell
- quiet
- quiet down
- quieten
- say nothing
- shush
- shut up
- sit on
- soft pedal
- squelch
- stifle
- still
- strike dumb
- subdue
- suppress
- tongue-tie
- 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
- arrest
- avoid
- bar
- block
- bottle
- break
- check
- choke
- choke off
- clog
- close
- congest
- cut off
- disrupt
- fill
- fix
- forestall
- frustrate
- gag
- hinder
- hush
- impede
- intercept
- interrupt
- muzzle
- obstruct
- occlude
- plug
- put a stop to
- rein in
- repress
- restrain
- seal
- shut down
- shut off
- shut out
- silence
- stall
- staunch
- stay
- stem
- still
- stopper
- suspend
- throw over
- turn off
- ward off
- blows off
- breaks
- breaks off
- calls it a day
- ceases
- closes
- cold turkey
- comes to a standstill
- concludes
- cool it
- cuts out
- cuts short
- desists
- discontinues
- draws up
- drops
- ends
- finishes
- halts
- hangs it up
- holds
- is over
- kills
- pauses
- pulls up
- puts an end to
- quits
- quits cold
- refrains
- runs its course
- scrubs
- shuts down
- signs off
- stalls
- stands
- stays
- tarries
- terminates
- winds up
- wraps up
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