Word

muzzle, v.
(muzzled, muzzles, muzzling)

tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them
<verb.contact>

gag muzzle

sample sentences

"The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

prevent from speaking out
<verb.perception> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

gag muzzle

sample sentences

"The press was gagged"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
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verb frames

Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
They want to %s the prisoners

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

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

fit with a muzzle
<verb.possession>

muzzle

sample sentences

"muzzle the dog to prevent it from biting strangers"

verb frames

Somebody ----s something

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

antonym

semantic pointers

hypernym

equip, fit, fit out, outfit