All clamp down on synonyms

verb clamp down on

• stifle — to quell, crush, or end by force: to stifle a revolt; to stifle free expression.
• suppress — to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
• censor — If someone in authority censors letters or the media, they officially examine them and cut out any information that is regarded as secret.
• choke — When you choke or when something chokes you, you cannot breathe properly or get enough air into your lungs.
• repress — to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
• restrain — to hold back from action; keep in check or under control; repress: to restrain one's temper.
• muffle — to wrap with something to deaden or prevent sound: to muffle drums.
• squelch — to strike or press with crushing force; crush down; squash.
• invalidate — to render invalid; discredit.
• annul — If an election or a contract is annulled, it is declared invalid, so that legally it is considered never to have existed.
• revoke — to take back or withdraw; annul, cancel, or reverse; rescind or repeal: to revoke a decree.
• reverse — opposite or contrary in position, direction, order, or character: an impression reverse to what was intended; in reverse sequence.
• veto — the power or right vested in one branch of a government to cancel or postpone the decisions, enactments, etc., of another branch, especially the right of a president, governor, or other chief executive to reject bills passed by the legislature.
• void — Law. having no legal force or effect; not legally binding or enforceable.
• undo — to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done: Murder once done can never be undone.
• vacate — to give up possession or occupancy of: to vacate an apartment.
• repeal — to revoke or withdraw formally or officially: to repeal a grant.
• overrule — to rule against or disallow the arguments of (a person): The senator was overruled by the committee chairman.
• rescind — to abrogate; annul; revoke; repeal.
• set aside — the act or state of setting or the state of being set.
• restrict — to confine or keep within limits, as of space, action, choice, intensity, or quantity.
• prevent — to keep from occurring; avert; hinder: He intervened to prevent bloodshed.
• stop — to cease from, leave off, or discontinue: to stop running.
• squash — to press into a flat mass or pulp; crush: She squashed the flower under her heel.
• shush — to order (someone or something) to be silent; hush.
• 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.
• curb — If you curb something, you control it and keep it within limits.
• quieten — to become quiet (often followed by down).
• still — remaining in place or at rest; motionless; stationary: to stand still.
• check — Check is also a noun.
• silence — absence of any sound or noise; stillness.
• ice — the solid form of water, produced by freezing; frozen water.
• tongue-tie — impeded motion of the tongue caused especially by shortness of the frenum, which binds it to the floor of the mouth.
• overthrow — to depose, as from a position of power; overcome, defeat, or vanquish: to overthrow a tyrant.
• kill — to deprive of life in any manner; cause the death of; slay. Synonyms: slaughter, massacre, butcher; hang, electrocute, behead, guillotine, strangle, garrote; assassinate.
• vitiate — to impair the quality of; make faulty; spoil.
• abrogate — If someone in a position of authority abrogates something such as a law, agreement, or practice, they put an end to it.
• negate — to deny the existence, evidence, or truth of: an investigation tending to negate any supernatural influences.
• discharge — to relieve of a charge or load; unload: to discharge a ship.
• dissolve — to make a solution of, as by mixing with a liquid; pass into solution: to dissolve salt in water.
• bottle up — If you bottle up strong feelings, you do not express them or show them, especially when this makes you tense or angry.
• shut down — to put (a door, cover, etc.) in position to close or obstruct.
• dry up — free from moisture or excess moisture; not moist; not wet: a dry towel; dry air.
• dummy up — a representation or copy of something, as for displaying to indicate appearance: a display of lipstick dummies made of colored plastic.
• 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.
• put the lid on — to be the final blow to
• watergate — a White House political scandal that came to light during the 1972 presidential campaign, growing out of a break-in at the Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate apartment-office complex in Washington, D.C., and, after congressional hearings, culminating in the resignation of President Nixon in 1974.