as in to censor
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Recent Examples of muzzle
Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Hunters may use all archery equipment, muzzle-loading guns, shotguns, centerfire rifles, revolvers and pistols and pre-charge pneumatic air guns to harvest bears.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
Their leaders secured power through democratic elections and then muzzled the opposition and dismantled democratic institutions.
—Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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Noun
In the end, the Chihuahua recovered nicely, and the vets advised the owners to fit him out with a basket muzzle when he was not being actively monitored, to protect the dog from its impulse to eat bad things.
—Jennifer Ouellette, ArsTechnica, 18 Aug. 2025
Hunters may use all archery equipment, muzzle-loading guns, shotguns, centerfire rifles, revolvers and pistols and pre-charge pneumatic air guns to harvest bears.
—Jennifer Borresen, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
Verb
Other court documents allege that Unilever muzzled Ben & Jerry’s social media posts that mentioned President Donald Trump, Elon Musk, and Nelson Peltz, the billionaire investor and Unilever director who introduced the president to Musk.
—Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 30 June 2025
Their leaders secured power through democratic elections and then muzzled the opposition and dismantled democratic institutions.
—Howard L. Simon, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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In either case, neither of their beaks is very long.—
Jake Goodrick,
Sacbee.com,
4 Sep. 2025
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Lowthorpe unhurriedly reflects Helen’s sense of wonder, taking the time to admire the hawk’s plumage and the deadly weapons that are its talons and beak.—
Peter Debruge,
Variety,
2 Sep. 2025
Verb
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In truth, Lebanese law does not censor nudity or online pornography.—
Nick Vivarelli,
Variety,
12 Sep. 2025
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The report found of the 329 Ohio State students who responded, 43% reported self-censoring on campus.—
Chris Quintana,
USA Today,
10 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Before, actors would in be suits and the actor would wear a giant mask so the Predator's mandibles and jaws were controlled by filmmakers.—
Brian Truitt,
USA Today,
26 July 2025
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Brawnier females with powerful mandibles act as bodyguards, protecting the colony from intruders.—
Jack Knudson,
Discover Magazine,
22 July 2025
Verb
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Voices of Light will not be silenced.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
11 Sep. 2025
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As China develops anti-satellite weapons and Russia perfects electronic warfare tactics, the US military is making a strategic bet on navigation systems that adversaries cannot silence.—
Kapil Kajal,
Interesting Engineering,
11 Sep. 2025
Noun
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Polyphenol compounds in cacao nibs can have beneficial health effects on blood pressure, cholesterol, glucose control, and more.—
Heather Jones,
Verywell Health,
11 Sep. 2025
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The addition of cocoa nibs and honey brings deep moisture, leaving hair softer and more manageable after each use.—
Jailynn Taylor,
Allure,
1 Sep. 2025
Verb
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Some gags land, others don’t, and the script’s sudden bursts of melancholy dependably catch you in the gut.—
Nicholas Quah,
Vulture,
9 Sep. 2025
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No team can gag away games better than the Gaggers of the Goodtime III, the Bumblers of the Beachfront.—
Jason Lloyd,
New York Times,
8 Sep. 2025
Noun
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The Cook County Sheriff’s Office decided to reopen the Gacy file in 2011 as a cold case, exhuming bone fragments and sending eight sets of mandibles and maxilla to the CHI lab in Fort Worth for DNA processing.—
David Montesino,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
25 Jan. 2024
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Thomas' team looked at the maxilla, or the upper part of the dog's jaw, because those tooth roots are best for DNA sampling, and researchers were able to pull samples from three specimens.—
Saleen Martin,
USA TODAY,
12 Jan. 2023
Noun
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Critics and rights groups argued that both the ban and the bill function as tools for censorship, threatening freedom of expression, press freedom and fundamental rights.—
Nir Kshetri,
The Conversation,
14 Sep. 2025
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Which faction would win such a battle will never be known, however, because a year after the bill was signed and after lengthy negotiations, a compromise was worked out and quickly enacted.—
Dan Walters,
Mercury News,
13 Sep. 2025
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 17 Sep. 2025.
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