Local English word record

quash

verb · 2 senses

put down by force or intimidation

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Examples

  • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

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Synonyms

repress, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce

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