put to silence
verb
Roget 581:
keep silence
etc.
585;
speak low,
speak softly;
whisper
etc.
(faintness)
405.
silence;
render mute,
render silent;
muzzle,
muffle,
suppress,
smother,
gag,
strike dumb,
dumfounder;
drown the voice,
put to silence,
stop one's mouth,
cut one short.
stick in the throat.
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Roget 403:
be silent
etc.
adj.;
hold one's tongue
etc.
(not speak)
585.
render silent
etc.
adj.;
silence,
still,
hush;
stifle,
muffle,
stop;
muzzle,
put to silence
etc.
(render mute)
581.
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Roget 479:
confute,
refute,
disprove;
parry,
negative,
controvert,
rebut,
confound,
disconfirm,
redargue†,
expose,
show the fallacy of,
defeat;
demolish,
break
etc.
(destroy)
162;
overthrow,
overturn scatter to the winds,
explode,
invalidate;
silence;
put to silence,
reduce to silence;
clinch an argument,
clinch a question;
give one a setdown†,
stop the mouth,
shut up;
have,
have on the hip.
not leave a leg to stand on,
cut the ground from under one's feet.
be confuted
&c.;
fail;
expose one's weak point,
show one's weak point.
counter evidence
etc.
468.
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