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silence
noun as in absence of sound, speech
Strong matches
censorship, death, dumbness, hush, laconism, muteness, noiselessness, quiescence, quietness, quietude, reserve, sleep, speechlessness, still, sulk, sullenness, taciturnity, uncommunicativeness
Weak matches
dead air, hush-hush, inarticulateness, iron curtain, saturninity
verb as in make or be quiet
Strongest matches
cut off, gag, muffle, mute, muzzle, quash, quell, squelch, stifle, subdue, suppress
Strong matches
clam, dampen, deaden, dull, extinguish, hush, lull, overawe, quiet, quieten, shush, soft pedal, still, tongue-tie
Weak matches
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
Example Sentences
But Amnesty said it had uncovered a campaign to "silence and suppress" the protesters.
Darkness, dimness and silence make “For Good” a marked contrast from the Technicolor effusiveness of “Wicked.”
But it’s the beginning of wisdom that progressives are starting to figure out that a regulator with the power to silence conservatives can also censor liberals.
The last lock clicks, bathing us in a suspenseful silence.
They would sit in silence, or play a popular Russian card game called durak, which meant “fool.”
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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