stanched

verb

variants or staunched
past tense of stanch
as in stunted

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  1. stunted
  2. turned back
  3. suppressed
  4. repressed
  5. squashed
  6. squelched
  7. suspended
  8. discontinued
Verb
  • VanSumeren played both positions with the Eagles over three seasons, although injuries have stunted his evolution.
    — The Athletic NFL Staff, New York Times, 8 July 2026
  • This lack of competition has stunted the organizational capacity of both the Democratic and Republican Parties, rendering them hollow and unable to cultivate, train, or support a pipeline of young candidates.
    — Peter Gosselin, Harpers Magazine, 30 June 2026
Definition of stunted
Verb
  • As the clock ticked down, Boyle took off his headphones, dropped the microphone and turned back into a student, rushing the field with his classmates.
    — Pete Sampson, New York Times, 20 July 2026
  • Sandy Creek has sat idle since a major failure last year and isn’t expected to be turned back on until March 2027.
    — Ella Nilsen, CNN Money, 13 July 2026
Definition of turned back
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  • Trump hadn’t yet declared war on Iran, but the country was roiling with protests, which had been harshly suppressed.
    — Stephania Taladrid, New Yorker, 20 July 2026
  • Chinese exploitation of voter data claims Trump argued that the intelligence community suppressed information about China allegedly accessing 220 million voter files and trying to turn American opinion against him in the run-up to the 2020 election.
    — Justin Fishel, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of suppressed
Verb
  • The government of husband-and-wife copresidents, Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, has been carrying out an all-out crackdown on dissent since mass social protests in 2018 that the government violently repressed.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 10 July 2026
  • Typically, ghosts show up in literature when something that has been repressed escapes and becomes everyone’s problem.
    — Sarah Schulman, Literary Hub, 29 June 2026
Definition of repressed
Verb
  • The scant few remaining Arm compatibility concerns revolve around old printers and proprietary apps, but these have been all but squashed for the average user.
    — Joe Osborne, PC Magazine, 9 July 2026
  • In one montage played for laughs, an emperor is squashed by a panda and a king is beheaded, although there is no blood or guts to speak of.
    — Patrick Ryan, USA Today, 1 July 2026
Definition of squashed
Verb
  • For a century, since successive Red Scares squelched socialism in this country, the left has been in a defensive crouch.
    — Jonathan Chait, The Atlantic, 1 July 2026
  • With five miles of walls and hundreds of cannons guarding the harbor, Suomenlinna squelched the Russian threat (at least for the time being).
    — Tribune News Service, Baltimore Sun, 10 June 2026
Definition of squelched
Verb
  • By some architectural wizardry of concrete and glass the pictures inside stand to attention, as if they, too, are suspended in time and space—a collection that faces in one direction, in orderly fashion, like the Terracotta Army.
    — Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 17 July 2026
  • The Ministry of Education suspended in-person classes in the departments of San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Suchitepéquez and Retalhuleu, near the quake's epicenter.
    — ABC News, ABC News, 17 July 2026
Definition of suspended
Verb
  • The Tropical Storm Warning east of the Alabama/Mississippi border is discontinued.
    — MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT, Miami Herald, 23 July 2026
  • However, Apple has since discontinued this add-on and now includes it with the service's base price.
    — Jason Cohen, PC Magazine, 22 July 2026
Definition of discontinued
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