Verb
a dangerous dog that should be muzzled
attempts by the government to muzzle the press
The company has tried to muzzle its employees by forbidding them to speak to the press.
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Noun
The video captured bright flashes from the muzzles of the guns as the suspects fired.—Peter D'abrosca, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Here, Lloyd clamps a muzzle — part fetish club, part Bane — over Lucky’s mouth while Pozzo pushes him in a wheelchair (the actor, Michael Patrick Thornton, uses a chair).—Sara Holdren, Vulture, 29 Sep. 2025
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Kate Ruane, Director of the Center for Democracy and Technology's Free Expression Project, said Apple's move should also be viewed as the government's heavy hand muzzling free expression.—Bobby Allyn, NPR, 3 Oct. 2025 The trajectory of the game flipped on Leo Chenal’s interception of Lamar Jackson as the defense muzzled one of the NFL’s most potent offenses.—Kansas City Star, 29 Sep. 2025 See All Example Sentences for muzzle
Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English mosel, from Middle French musel, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus
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