to muzzle

Examples

• All

• More often, such states have become predatory, maintaining some order but also arresting opponents, muzzling dissent, nationalizing industries, and confiscating property.

  Academic text (1997)

• So, them trying to muzzle the company that I created, in America, is a violation of my free speech.

  Logan Lucky (2017)

• I can muzzle you if you like.

  The Revenant (2015)

• Designers, luxury houses, and big businesses should not try to muzzle journalists.

  Blog text (33)

• According to McKeon, the military has been muzzled by unprecedented orders not to provide information to Congress.

  Blog text (22)

• Dave, so be brave through these times of being muzzled and censored.

  Blog text (1)

• The print and electronic media under PNDC rule were muzzled.

  Academic text (1992)

• P.S.: Free speech applies to the right of the citizen to speak without being muzzled by the government.

  Blog text (17)

• Procedures that inhibit direct democracy are seen as inauthentic, muzzling the voice of the people.

  Academic text (1997)

• The government tried to muzzle critics who spoke out against its policies.

Synonyms

B

to ban

vsto muzzle

• Formal

484 1.4

To officially stop someone from doing something by law or rule

aims to silence expression directly rather than formal legal prohibition

R

to repress

vsto muzzle

19 6.7

Use force to stop protests or opposition

focuses on preventing speech rather than violently subduing movements

G

to gag

vsto muzzle

4 7.1

To stop someone from speaking, often by using rules or force

is a broader act of silencing that may not use direct force

Antonyms

E

to encourage

325 2.1

Help something grow or develop

L

to liberate

104 4.3

Set someone free from prison or unfair control

Compounds

M

muzzle velocity

• Specialized

3 7.0

The speed of a bullet as it leaves a gun barrel

M

muzzle loader

• Specialized

1 9.8

An old gun you load from the open front of its barrel

G

gun muzzle

1 7.0

The open front end of a gun barrel where a bullet comes out

M

muzzle-loading

• Specialized

1 9.1

A gun you load by putting gunpowder and shot into the open front of the barrel

How Silenced

to suppress

176 4.8

to muzzle

• Literature

9 7.5

to censor

514 5.2

to silence

169 3.5

to discourage

257 3.5

Surface Forms

Etymology