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quieten, v.
(quietened, quietening, quietens)

cause to be quiet or not talk
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hush hush up quieten shut up silence still

sample sentences

"Please silence the children in the church!"

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silencer silencer silence silence silence

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hyponym

shush lull, calm down shout down gag, muzzle

cause

verb group

quiet, quiet down, quieten, hush, quiesce, pipe down

hypernym

conquer, suppress, subdue, stamp down

make calm or still
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calm calm down lull quiet quieten still tranquilize tranquillise tranquillize

sample sentences

"quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

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lull compose pacify, appease, conciliate, mollify, gentle, lenify, assuage, placate, gruntle reassure, assure

hypernym

comfort, solace, soothe, console

become quiet or quieter
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hush pipe down quiesce quiet quiet down quieten

sample sentences

"The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

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semantic pointers

verb group

silence, hush, still, shut up, quieten, hush up

hypernym

change intensity