muzzled

verb

past tense of muzzle
as in silenced

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  1. silenced
  2. censored
  3. gagged
Verb
  • After halftime, came an embarrassing nail in the coffin that silenced the Seattle sellout crowd for good — a 57th minute roll-in by Hans Vanaken after a slip-up by goalkeeper Matt Freese outside of the penalty area left the goal unguarded.
    — Becky Sullivan, NPR, 6 July 2026
  • In the process of court I have been fragmented, silenced, defamed and traumatized.
    — Liza Esquibias, USA Today, 25 June 2026
Definition of silenced
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  • In China, state media has covered the cases comprehensively, but wider discussion about the prosecutions on Chinese-language social media like Rednote has been partially censored.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 8 July 2026
  • Like many women writers of the nineteenth century, she was censored and later forgotten.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 1 July 2026
Definition of censored
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  • Azim was then beaten, strangled, suffocated with a pillow, gagged, and stuffed in a closet.
    — Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 19 June 2026
  • My mother felt grit on her skin and the fumes gagged her.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
Definition of gagged
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