stanched

variants or staunched
past tense of stanch

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanched
Verb
  • However, their progress has been stunted due to the fragile nature of qubits.
    Atharva Gosavi, Interesting Engineering, 29 Sep. 2025
  • Helene has stunted that growth.
    Charlotte Observer, Charlotte Observer, 18 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • But while 52,000 customers across the country got their lights turned back on, approximately 490,380 customers are still without electricity, Vaz acknowledged.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • But in the meantime, the franchise has turned back to a familiar face to bolster the offense -- that of receiver Gabe Davis.
    Max Dible, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This may have resulted in cooling that had until now suppressed the sublimation of water ice to steam.
    Robert Lea, Space.com, 31 Oct. 2025
  • Of those, 592 drones and 31 missiles were shot down or otherwise suppressed, the air force said.
    David Brennan, ABC News, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • This Committee was initially created during the McCarthy Era, a dark time when the federal government repressed and persecuted American citizens for their political beliefs.
    Greg Evans, Deadline, 1 Oct. 2025
  • There are so many things that are being repressed here, and when Vivian brings them up her mother reacts poorly.
    The New Yorker, New Yorker, 24 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Common confirmed the beef was squashed from his side from that point forward and compared Joe’s intervention to a scene straight out of a movie.
    Michael Saponara, Billboard, 31 Oct. 2025
  • There was speculation that Dombrowski's comments could mean the team is trying to trade him, but Dombrowski quickly squashed those rumors, stating his importance to the team.
    Shaun McAvoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 24 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Blacklist happened, livelihoods were ruined, and freedom of thought was squelched for years as Americans were pushed into a corner of fear and anger.
    Chris Yogerst, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2025
  • Every threat to the Guinness family has been quickly squelched, complications like Olivia’s pregnancy aside, everything seems to be going quite well, honestly.
    Keith Phipps, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • More than 735,000 people were evacuated in Cuba as Melissa approached, according to President Miguel Díaz-Canel, while in the Bahamas, preliminary estimates show 1,485 residents were evacuated before all flights were suspended ahead of the approaching storm.
    Mitchell McCluskey, CNN Money, 30 Oct. 2025
  • The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty from 1996 was never fully ratified, and Moscow suspended participation in the bilateral US-Russia New START deal in 2023, which will expire in February.
    Tom Chivers, semafor.com, 30 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The Tropical Storm Warning has been discontinued for the Turks and Caicos Islands.
    MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 30 Oct. 2025
  • That said, the current LS sedan is set to be discontinued after the 2026 model year, so maybe there’s hope for this prototype yet.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 29 Oct. 2025
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“Stanched.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanched. Accessed 5 Nov. 2025.

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