stamp down
Verb
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Bring under control by force or authority (synset 200463047)
"suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"is a type of: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limitssubtypes:
- choke back, choke down, choke off - suppress
- hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still - cause to be quiet or not talk
- burke - get rid of, silence, or suppress
- silence - keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
- quell, quench, squelch - suppress or crush completely
- quench - electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
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