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Verb
▲
To be quiet, or to stop talking
be quiet
quieten
be silent
keep quiet
keep silent
stay quiet
stay silent
stop talking
button it
fall silent
hush
keep mum
quieten down
say no more
shut it
belt up
clam up
cut the cackle
dry up
dummy up
pipe down
quiet down
wrap up
can it
save it
shut your face
shut your mouth
shut your trap
give it a rest
keep your face shut
keep your mouth shut
keep your trap shut
shut your gob
wrap it up
hush up
put a sock in it
more ❯
Verb
▲
To suppress the noise or speech of
hush
quiet
quieten
shush
silence
still
dumb
extinguish
mute
quell
settle
squelch
choke
gag
muzzle
soft-pedal
stifle
be quiet
be silent
bottle up
can it
cut off
fall silent
hold tongue
quieten down
quit chattering
shut it
stop talking
keep trap shut
put a sock in it
cushion
damp
douse
put out
impair
weaken
blanket
paralyseUK
paralyzeUS
numb
take the edge off
relieve
depress
absorb
cripple
cool
put a lid on
contain
dowse
incapacitate
block
snuff
ruin
bring to a stop
dampen down
end
buffer
injure
put paid to
lighten
mellow
get rid of
bring to an end
wipe out
put a damper on
put the kibosh on
overwhelm
satisfy
spoil
vitiate
hamstring
control
immobilizeUS
bridle
discourage
break
overpower
mar
devitalize
sap
damage
gentle
debilitate
bring to a halt
retard
bolster
obliterate
cauterizeUS
placate
wreck
stun
unnerve
limit
torpefy
bring to a standstill
nip in the bud
do for
buttress
anaesthetizeUK
stupefy
attenuate
put the stopper on
anesthetizeUS
blow out
cauteriseUK
immobiliseUK
take the sting out
moisten
out
keep in check
nullify
pillow
slake
sate
satiate
desensitizeUS
extinguish fire
blow something out
beat something out
soak up
keep back
gratify
terminate
meet
indulge
fulfilUK
govern
master
lullaby
deflate
defend against
shield against
safeguard against
protect against
lick
sedate
relax
modify
dilute
help
salve
becalm
knock down
decimate
raze
annihilate
destruct
dismantle
shatter
demolish
lenify
cramp
keep a lid on
keep the lid on
rein in
insulate
pad
seclude
guard
reduce the effect of
content
fulfillUS
glut
gorge
daze
narcotize
obtund
drug
fill
surfeit
make nice
pour oil on
sweeten
rock to sleep
take it easy
stroke
chill out
comfort
qualify
reassure
balm
ease off
take the edge
lay back
cool off
fall
cease
clog
plug
override
engulf
bury
devour
desensitiseUK
render insensitive
dullen
preempt
negate
hurt
harm
scupper
sabotage
enfeeble
run down
close
finish
call a halt
wrap up
bring to a close
complete
wind up
conclude
discontinue
mess up
harsh
drown out
make inaudible
bank
heap up
chill
bloody
blemish
bankrupt
compromise
flaw
endamage
be louder than
swallow up
deter
cross up
stop up
put a gag on
disable
dash
shutdown
maim
lame
conceal
cancel out
hide
cover
sit down on
drive underground
render useless
dispirit
stall
crash
render powerless
pour cold water on
cloud
throw cold water on
trouble
ail
dishearten
demoralizeUS
deject
dismay
knock out
put out of order
dim
exhaust
frustrate
etherize
chloroform
KO
put to sleep
freeze
slow
gas
deprive
consume
tire
lay out
dope
put out of business
put out of action
bring someone to their knees
dead-end
bring to naught
bring to standstill
pull the plug on
prostrate
disfigure
mutilate
handicap
upset
shake
sadden
daunt
enervate
humble
perturb
defeat
chagrin
bother
weary
abase
distress
unstrengthen
sideline
undermine
dismember
palsy
deface
dislimb
mangle
make lame
disarm
weigh down
demoraliseUK
cast a pall over
bum out
bear down on
cast down
beat down
dout
turn off
beat out
switch off
blot out
stub out
more ❯
Verb
▲
To close (a building) so that no one can enter
cage
confine
enclose
imprison
restrain
close in
lock in
seal in
seal up
shut in
immure
incarcerate
impound
lock up
coop up
intern
pen
fence in
wall in
hold captive
hem in
corral
mew up
keep
detain
pen in
jailUS
mew
box in
coop
curb
check
trammel
shackle
inhibit
hamper
fetter
impede
obstruct
tie
handcuff
clog
girdle
tie up
hobble
contain
manacle
bridle
control
handicap
hamstring
chain
wreathe
border
interfere with
encumber
take into custody
pull in
skirt
embrace
fringe
edge
block
tether
capture
retard
regulate
fasten
engird
lock away
hold up
suppress
stymie
delimit
leash
apprehend
hold down
nab
bottle up
put in irons
round
slow
pinion
stifle
enchain
take prisoner
close
govern
bang up
short-circuit
embarrass
immobilizeUS
tame
thwart
stop
rein in
immobiliseUK
chain up
tie down
circumvent
truss
lash
enwreath
seize
hold in
keep down
collar
seal off
bust
catch
gyve
bastille
enfetter
put into detention
constrict
pick up
frustrate
measure
withhold
pin down
flank
rule
entrammel
subdue
delay
moderate
cork
beset
invest
pinch
circuit
orbit
circumnavigate
cuff
begird
cordon off
belt
keep within bounds
shut
rim
put half nelson on
cap
form a barrier round
form a ring around
institutionalizeUS
join
cumber
terminate
stockade
occlude
rope
yoke
box
necessitate
book
railroad
rein
beleaguer
institutionaliseUK
prescribe
settle
compel
barricade
grip
nail
choke
clap
deprive
net
take
indenture
coerce
keep in custody
besiege
ensnare
set
loop
hogtie
siege
outline
dampen
snag
nick
prevent
smother
throw in jail
keep in check
stem
shelve
go around
band
halt
slow down
keep lid on
deter
verge
brake
grapple
cincture
close in on
lay siege to
keep under control
put a brake on
haul in
keep back
tie someone's hands
throw a monkey wrench in the works of
throw a spanner in the works of
run down
lace
fix together
lock
tie someone down
strap
crib
case
corner
partition
sheath
cocoon
idle
prison
sentence
can
quell
engirdle
girt
enwind
girth
object
clasp
clamp
pin
press down
hold fast
put a straitjacket on
set limits on
impose limits on
temper
mitigate
throw in dungeon
truss up
hitch up
sheathe
encapsulate
keep captive
hold hostage
throw the book at
throw away the keys
calm
cut down on
consign
halo
enring
enmesh
forestall
bring to a screeching halt
tie one's hands
put a leash on
put a lead on
modulate
ease
leaguer
drive into a corner
subjugate
gird in
assign
deliver
send
crush
moor
wall off
keep a tight rein on
simmer down
gain control over
gain mastery over
relieve
entrap
dominate
hitch
disrupt
congregate
attack
assail
assault
certify
tone down
oblige
suspend
enthralUK
move around
form a ring round
require
make
engage
force
peg
muzzle
tyrannizeUS
bag
clot
congest
jam
stuff
work over
work on
squeeze
line
establish
demarcate
attach
impel
obligate
come at from all sides
snare
hook
land
bit
curtail
harness
exploit
disenfranchise
persecute
oppress
hegemonize
block up
determine
do
cop
buttonhole
stall
postpone
enwreathe
throng
choke back
debar
hold in check
put in custody
specify
decide
retardate
foil
derail
stop up
plug up
gum up
dam
baulkUK
stay
gag
rein back
guide
direct
kill
beslave
disfranchise
bethrall
enthrallUS
reduce
subject
margin
enclave
ring round
inundate
abduct
discontinue
mire
reserve
cripple
defer
interrupt
pause
protract
identify
stipulate
designate
delineate
classify
keep in
snatch
clog up
bung up
remit
crimp
prorogue
grab
lift
get
sit on
pull back
crack down
discourage
mothball
depress
dishearten
freeze
sell into slavery
tyranniseUK
condemn to slavery
distinguish
demark
close around
tie hand and foot
close off
stave off
put back
keep in line
back off
hold off on
set back
take down
bring under control
have on a tight leash
intermit
put off
bring to screeching halt
make late
get in the way of
shut down
bog down
keep the lid on
slow up
choke off
prolong
stand in the way of
hold over
reel in
round up
prehend
glom
take captive
snap up
feel your collar
carry off
grab hold of
put the cuffs on
lay hold of
take in
detail
mark
cut short
ban
balkUS
deny
concuss
shotgun
disallow
reduce to slavery
get hooks into
condemn to servitude
subject to forced labour
keep under thumb
hang up
drag feet
put lock on
place in custody
connect
define
break off
stop in your tracks
put into custody
put straitjacket on
slough
remand in custody
run in
set the boundaries of
set out
stake out
press tightly
mark out
set the limits of
mark off
lay down
set bounds to
cool off
clench
throw monkey wrench in
gather
throw book at
meet
unite
fuse
link
send up the river
coalesce
couple
come into contact
form a circle
come together
put together
encounter
more ❯
Verb
▲
To close (a building) so that no one can enter
bolt
close
fasten
lock
secure
close up
lock up
block
shut
seal
cork
stopper
plug
blockade
fill
clog
obstruct
stuff
seal off
choke
bung
pack
clog up
stopple
shut off
seal up
dam
make airtight
fill up
stop up
bung up
make watertight
block up
occlude
congest
block off
caulk
Verb
▲
To terminate (a business)
terminate
wind up
shut
liquidate
put the lid on
go under
go to the wall
shut up shop
go bust
go into liquidation
go out of business
drop the curtain
shut down
go bankrupt
fold up
Verb
▲
To be quiet, or to stop talking
shut one's face
button it
button one’s lip
can it
put a sock in it
shut it
shut one’s gob
shut one’s mouth
shut one’s trap
zip it
zip one's lip
shut one's mouth
shut one's gob
button one's lip
shut one’s face
shut one's trap
Verb
▲
Take refuge
hole up
burrow
closet
hibernate
hide
retreat
seclude
go underground
sit tight
take refuge
Verb
▲
Go out of business
close down
shut
cease trading
close up
come to an end
go out of business
close
bar
fasten
seal
secure
slam
padlock
lock
steek
latch
make
close out
confine
cage
draw to
imprison
exclude
enclose
lock up
push to
put to
draw
wall off
push
fail
fold
pull to
put up the shutters
slam to
bolt
batten down
snap to
collapse
Verb
▲
To become dry (often of weather)
dry up
falter
finish
hesitate
stop dead
stop midstream
stop talking
forget your lines
lose the thread
come to a halt
Verb
▲
To store or shelve (something that is no longer used)
mothball
decommission
defer
delay
postpone
shelve
suspend
table
pack away
put aside
put off
put into storage
put on ice
put out of commission
put on the back burner
adjourn
put back
hold off
hold over
reschedule
remit
take a rain check on
pigeonhole
respite
prorogue
put in cold storage
put over
hold up
hold in abeyance
stay
axeUK
axUS
leave off
conclude
desist
pack in
wind up
desist from
cut off
pull the plug on
break
give over
refrain from
close
cut out
pack up
bring to a halt
rescind
repeal
revoke
determine
elapse
dead-end
wink out
pass
die
expire
lapse
exclude
belay
forgo
shut off
relinquish
bring to a close
go
dispense with
call it quits
get rid of
recall
debar
reject
except
nullify
eschew
close out
annul
put the kibosh on
invalidate
ban
refuse
abrogate
abstain from
recant
surcease
preclude
forsake
abjure
give something the chop
do without
forbear
knock something on the head
kick
keep
leave out
bate
deny
void
negate
prohibit
sever
swear off
forbid
reverse
countermand
disannul
retract
withhold from
override
forbear from
disconnect
forswear
kill
disregard
take back
disclaim
close down
bring to a standstill
bring to a stop
renege
lay off of
get off
shut down
wrap up
withcall
shut out
tarry
freeze out
refrain
quash
repudiate
keep from
phase out
vacate
yield
bridle
intervene
null
abate
overrule
resign
disunite
veto
interdict
skip
annihilate
shackle
fetter
stymie
wait
rest
rise
shun
strike down
roll back
pass up
resist
dismantle
obviate
hesitate
proscribe
thwart
frustrate
baulkUK
restrain from
stem
remove
disown
unsay
culminate
finish off
disallow
discharge
wind down
steer clear of
forestall
renege on
declare null and void
backtrack on
stay away from
avert
shy from
rein in
go back on
call back
deter
nip in the bud
pull out of
get out of
balkUS
stand still
shake
skip out on
disqualify
back off
sew up
pass over
take ten
drag one's feet
call time
linger
pack it in
come to a close
cut it out
close off
bring to end
put a stop to something
rearrange
reorganizeUS
abstain
disturb
forego
reprieve
be suspended
be put on hold
hobble
manacle
hog-tie
handcuff
short-circuit
cramp
constrain
pass on
dissociate
save
fail
stop oneself from
restrain oneself from
hold back from
take off
bring
deny yourself
go without
repress
keep hold of
stifle
forlet
turn back
cut into
say goodbye to
break into
disrupt
have done with
deactivate
resist the temptation to
staunch
not touch
refuse to pay
surrender
throw in the towel
throw in the sponge
stop trying
lift
discount
discard
take a breather from
keep off
die down
kick the habit
quit cold
not continue
get on the wagon
hang it up
take the cure
kick over
exempt
reorganiseUK
taboo
inveigh
jack something in
punctuate
knock it off
take out
call in
stop midstream
not do
cede
complete
quit cold turkey
waver
slow pedal
put on a back burner
consummate
interfere
cease fire
stem the flow
drop anchor
take time out
drop it
forfend
call a stop to
hold at bay
bring to standstill
clear
stonewall
abdicate
sacrifice
dillydally
leave to another time
loiter
lag
blow the whistle on
dawdle
put a cork in
poke
falter
deliberate
be over
sabotage
leave out of account
weed out
mark off
spurn
curtail
put paid to
not consider
close one's doors to
round off
round out
overturn
derail
grant
hand over
allow
sign away
turn down
turn over
fold up
be put to bed
draw to a close
cut loose
button up
button down
put a lid on
bork
shorten
abbreviate
clip
abridge
mark time
come to standstill
think twice
take a breath
reflect
have a breather
catch one's breath
hang back
break it up
stop briefly
avoid the issue
take one's time
dither
prevaricate
stand
buy time
fence
not move
brake
quibble
equivocate
beat around the bush
come to a standstill
stand in the way of
stand off
peter out
vitiate
unfit
disentitle
disaffirm
chop
disavow
leave unfinished
stop dead
stop cold
stop short
break short
stop in full flow
supersede
undo
obliterate
torpedo
deracinate
subvert
enjoin
incapacitate
disable
outlaw
shirk
disestablish
knock out
do in
wipe out
not make the cut
disfranchise
eighty-six
paralyzeUS
impair
declare ineligible
paralyseUK
weaken
disenable
bypass
foreswear
abnegate
disjoin
dissever
separate
interpose
part
overthrow
back off from
sidestep
break the habit of
dodge
shrink from
check out from
blackball
kibosh
skirt
surcease from
get around
escape from
jack in
call it quits on
bag it
blow off
nip something in the bud
estop
ostracizeUS
back down
reel in
have change of heart
retrograde
back out of
welsh
fall back
retreat
take in
back
eat your words
change one's mind
recede
eat one's words
forget it
apologiseUK
nig
change one's tune
do a U-turn on
apologizeUS
retrocede
draw back
row back on
do an about-turn on
wreck
split up
disorganize
loose
wrack
decimate
unmake
collapse
destruct
shoot
ruin
eradicate
destroy
shatter
demolish
circumvent
ostraciseUK
exile
shut out of
fade out
resolve into
render void
more ❯
Verb
▲
To disprove or refute
confute
disprove
discredit
refute
rebut
contradict
invalidate
negate
controvert
confound
quash
debunk
disconfirm
oppugn
belie
demolish
deny
falsify
negative
break
bust
gainsay
overthrow
overturn
defeat
explode
expose
silence
subvert
vanquish
shoot down
blow out of the water
prove false
give the lie to
prove wrong
show to be false
prove to be false
shoot down in flames
shoot full of holes
blow sky high
set aside
put down
bring to naught
knock the bottom out of
knocks props out from under
drive a coach and horses through
criticizeUS
renounce
quarrel with
abjure
criticiseUK
knock
assail
forswear
be hostile to
abnegate
fault
find fault with
complain about
cavil at
find lacking
be against
carp at
abandon
obstruct
be anti
check
traduce
renege
cast off
refuse
fight against
be in opposition to
disapprove of
give up
turn your back on
divorce oneself from
be at variance with
face down
wash hands of
dismiss
censure
condemn
annul
impede
balkUS
impune
duel
clash with
baulkUK
be inconsistent with
relinquish
decline
resign
disinherit
betray
abdicate
ditch
cast aside
drop
forsake
violate
minimizeUS
disparage
belittle
minimiseUK
deprecate
cut off
infringe
eschew
backstab
end relations with
send packing
breach
renig
welsh
demur about
enquireUK
be a dissenter from
rebel against
test
face off
inquireUS
litigate
denounce
throw down
accost
investigate
demur against
come to blows with
feud with
call out
rally against
remonstrate
interrogate
rival
vie against
two-time
turn back on
take wind out of sails
sell out
double-cross
stab in the back
refuse to acknowledge
refuse to recognize
cut off without a penny
wash your hands of
have nothing more to do with
disobey
transgress
smear
blast
slam
zing
trash
zap
tar
drop out
weasel out of
go back on word
worm out of
flout
infract
fracture
offend
burn
convict
interfere with
fail to observe
transgress against
overstep
fail to comply with
disregard
interpose
encroach
intrude
trespass
offend against
interfere
burn down
dispose of
reply to
run down
pin something on
come down on
swipe at
skin alive
cast doubt upon
throw doubt on
cut to shreds
throw the book at
cast aspersions upon
stick it to
thumb nose at
bar
counterattack
face
dislike
take
struggle against
protest
disapprove
taunt
gainstay
dissent
assault
bombard
withstay
encounter
strive against
speak out against
turn the tables
frown at
stand up and be counted against
be in defiance of
search out
take issue
take a stand
speak against
set your face against
not countenance
more ❯
Interjection
▲
Expression of disbelief
never
no
get out
no way
yeah right
you don't say
Interjection
▲
A plea or demand to stop talking
enough
hush
quiet
silence
shush
zip it
quiet down
pipe down
be quiet
be silent
don't talk
shush it
shut it
stop talking
belt up
clam up
enough talking
quieten down
not a word
zip it up
put a sock in it
quiet you
shh
that's enough out of you
keep quiet
can it
shut your mouth
not another word
cut the cackle
hold your tongue
shut your gob
wrap it up
give it a rest
shut your trap
wrap up
button your lip
save it
shut your face
Adjective
▲
Closed in
shut in
caged
captive
closed in
confined
imprisoned
locked in
restrained
jailedUS
interned
incarcerated
inside
behind bars
locked up
in prison
put away
constricted
trapped
detained
arrested
apprehended
held
gaoledUK
in custody
in detention
seized
under arrest
remanded
immured
caught
charged
taken
retained
entangled
ensnared
restricted
fettered
chained
shackled
secure
enslaved
subjugated
penned
penned up
taken into custody
under restraint
in captivity
incommunicado
in bondage
taken prisoner
booked
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Placed within
enclosed
confined
buried
contained
embedded
encased
enfolded
immured
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