All clamp down synonyms

verb clamp down

• muzzle — the mouth, or end for discharge, of the barrel of a gun, pistol, etc.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• smother — to stifle or suffocate, as by smoke or other means of preventing free breathing.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• suffocate — to kill by preventing the access of air to the blood through the lungs or analogous organs, as gills; strangle.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• strangle — to kill by squeezing the throat in order to compress the windpipe and prevent the intake of air, as with the hands or a tightly drawn cord.
• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• tighten — make more snug or secure
• tie — to bind, fasten, or attach with a cord, string, or the like, drawn together and knotted: to tie a tin can on a dog's tail.
• fix — to repair; mend.
• secure — free from or not exposed to danger or harm; safe.
• asphyxiate — If someone is asphyxiated, they die or lose consciousness because they are unable to breathe properly.
• stultify — to make, or cause to appear, foolish or ridiculous.
• muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
• stagnate — to cease to run or flow, as water, air, etc.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• cork — Cork is a soft, light substance which forms the bark of a type of Mediterranean tree.
• hush — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
• trammel — Usually, trammels. a hindrance or impediment to free action; restraint: the trammels of custom.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
• spike — an ear, as of wheat or other grain.
• gag — to introduce usually comic interpolations into (a script, an actor's part, or the like) (usually followed by up).
• check — Check is also a noun.
• constipate — to cause constipation in
• torpedo — a self-propelled, cigar-shaped missile containing explosives and often equipped with a homing device, launched from a submarine or other warship, for destroying surface vessels or other submarines.
• burke — Edmund. 1729–97, British Whig statesman, conservative political theorist, and orator, born in Ireland: defended parliamentary government and campaigned for a more liberal treatment of the American colonies; denounced the French Revolution
• nail down — a slender, typically rod-shaped rigid piece of metal, usually in any of numerous standard lengths from a fraction of an inch to several inches and having one end pointed and the other enlarged and flattened, for hammering into or through wood, other building materials, etc., as used in building, in fastening, or in holding separate pieces together.
• cover up — If you cover something or someone up, you put something over them in order to protect or hide them.
• black out — If you black out, you lose consciousness for a short time.
• hush up — to become or be silent or quiet: They hushed as the judge walked in.
• shut up — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• choke back — If you choke back tears or a strong emotion, you force yourself not to show your emotion.
• clam up — If someone clams up, they stop talking, often because they are shy or to avoid giving away secrets.
• crack down — If people in authority crack down on a group of people, they become stricter in making the group obey rules or laws.
• dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• put the lid on — to be the final blow to
• sit on — to rest with the body supported by the buttocks or thighs; be seated.