Thesaurus / quash
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A new effort to ban Native mascots was quashed by the state school board this year.
HUNDREDS OF SCHOOLS ARE STILL USING NATIVE AMERICANS AS TEAM MASCOTSHOPE ALLCHINOCTOBER 12, 2020FIVETHIRTYEIGHTScoring those long-term contracts in a competitive global market seemed unlikely, even before the pandemic quashed demand for North America’s highly priced gas.
IT’S HIS LAND. NOW A CANADIAN COMPANY GETS TO TAKE IT.BY LEE VAN DER VOO FOR PROPUBLICAOCTOBER 1, 2020PROPUBLICAWithin Silicon Valley itself, unease over how big tech may quash smaller tech businesses has also grown.
MAJORITY OF TECH EMPLOYEES AND POTENTIAL FOUNDERS SAY BIG TECH NEEDS MORE REGULATIONLUCINDA SHENSEPTEMBER 4, 2020FORTUNEResearchers want to know how elite controllers quash the virus for long periods of time.
IN A FIRST, A PERSON’S IMMUNE SYSTEM FOUGHT HIV — AND WONTINA HESMAN SAEYAUGUST 26, 2020SCIENCE NEWSIts draconian lockdown measures had quashed the virus at home so effectively that doctors couldn’t find patients to fully test their vaccine on.
EVERY COUNTRY WANTS A COVID-19 VACCINE. WHO WILL GET IT FIRST?KATIE MCLEANAUGUST 13, 2020MIT TECHNOLOGY REVIEWThe low hiss of steam, the faint roar of the fires on the grates, the quish-quash of the pumps, were music to his ears.
RED DYNAMITEROY J. SNELLThis was an opportunity to lead her into an admission which might immediately quash all of the grounds of the complaint.
LIGHTNIN'FRANK BACONHence it was necessary for the State and Church to quash their indictment before God could do the same.
LITTLE JOURNEYS TO THE HOMES OF THE GREAT, VOL. 13ELBERT HUBBARDAfter all it was precipitated as a fine film, and you can quash it and even slice it up without any trouble.
TILLIEROGER PHILLIPS GRAHAMI recognized the legal rights of her husband, but no ruffling Daniel should quash the undeniable rights of Yours Truly.
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WORDS RELATED TO QUASH
- 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
- breaking
- coming back at
- confounding
- confuting
- controverting
- crossing
- defeating
- denying
- disconfirming
- disproving
- everting
- fending off
- getting back at
- holding off
- invalidating
- keeping off
- negating
- negativing
- overturning
- proving false
- quashing
- refuting
- repelling
- repulsing
- staving off
- taking on
- topping
- warding off
- abnegate
- argue against
- blow sky high
- break
- burn
- burn down
- cancel
- cancel out
- confute
- contend
- contradict
- contravene
- convict
- counter
- crush
- debate
- demolish
- disclaim
- disconfirm
- dispose of
- disprove
- dispute
- evert
- explode
- expose
- gainsay
- give the lie to
- give thumbs down to
- invalidate
- negate
- oppose
- overthrow
- parry
- quash
- rebut
- reply to
- repudiate
- shoot down
- shoot full of holes
- show up
- silence
- squelch
- take a stand against
- tear down
- top
- abnegating
- arguing against
- blowing sky high
- breaking
- burning
- burning down
- canceling
- canceling out
- confuting
- contending
- contradicting
- contravening
- convicting
- countering
- crushing
- debating
- demolishing
- disclaiming
- disconfirming
- dispose of
- disproving
- disputing
- everting
- exploding
- exposing
- gainsaying
- giving the lie to
- giving thumbs down to
- invalidating
- negating
- opposing
- overthrowing
- parrying
- quashing
- rebutting
- replying to
- repudiating
- shooting down
- shooting full of holes
- showing up
- silencing
- squelching
- taking a stand against
- tearing down
- topping
- black out
- bottle
- chasten
- check
- collect
- compose
- control
- cool
- cork
- crush
- curb
- gridlock
- hinder
- hold back
- inhibit
- jam up
- keep in
- keep in check
- keep under wraps
- kill
- lock
- master
- muffle
- overcome
- overpower
- quash
- quelch
- quell
- rein
- restrain
- shush
- silence
- simmer down
- smother
- squelch
- stifle
- subdue
- subjugate
- suppress
- swallow
- throw cold water on
- tie up
- black out
- bottled
- chastened
- checked
- collected
- composed
- controlled
- cooled
- corked
- crushed
- curbed
- gridlocked
- held back
- hindered
- inhibited
- jammed up
- kept in
- kept in check
- kept under wraps
- killed
- locked
- mastered
- muffled
- overcame
- overpowered
- quashed
- quelched
- quelled
- reined
- restrained
- shushed
- silenced
- simmered down
- smothered
- squelched
- stifled
- subdued
- subjugated
- suppressed
- swallowed
- threw cold water on
- tied up
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