Silence - Crossword Clue

Crossword Clue Last Updated: 29/12/2023

Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Silence.

3 letter answer(s) to silence

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  1. a humorous anecdote or remark intended to provoke laughter; "he told a very funny joke"; "he knows a million gags"; "thanks for the laugh"; "he laughed unpleasantly at his own jest"; "even a schoolboy's jape is supposed to have some ascertainable point"
  2. be too tight; rub or press; "This neckband is choking the cat"
  3. cause to retch or choke
  4. make an unsuccessful effort to vomit; strain to vomit
  5. make jokes or quips; "The students were gagging during dinner"
  6. prevent from speaking out; "The press was gagged"
  7. restraint put into a person's mouth to prevent speaking or shouting
  8. struggle for breath; have insufficient oxygen intake; "he swallowed a fishbone and gagged"
  9. tie a gag around someone's mouth in order to silence them; "The burglars gagged the home owner and tied him to a chair"

4 letter answer(s) to silence

HUSH
  1. (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
  2. become quiet or quieter;
  3. become quiet or still; fall silent; "hush my baby!"
  4. cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
  5. run water over the ground to erode (soil), revealing the underlying strata and valuable minerals
  6. wash by removing particles; "Wash ores"
MUTE
  1. a deaf person who is unable to speak
  2. a device used to soften the tone of a musical instrument
  3. deaden (a sound or noise), especially by wrapping
  4. expressed without speech; "a mute appeal"; "a silent curse"; "best grief is tongueless"- Emily Dickinson; "the words stopped at her lips unsounded"; "unspoken grief"; "choking exasperation and wordless shame"- Thomas Wolfe
  5. unable to speak because of hereditary deafness

13 letter answer(s) to silence

NOISELESSNESS
  1. the property of making no noise

5 letter answer(s) to silence

QUELL
  1. overcome or allay; "quell my hunger"
  2. suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
SHUSH
  1. silence (someone) by uttering `shush!'
STILL
  1. (of a body of water) free from disturbance by heavy waves;
  2. (poetic) tranquil silence; "the still of the night"
  3. a plant and works where alcoholic drinks are made by distillation
  4. a static photograph (especially one taken from a movie and used for advertising purposes); "he wanted some stills for a magazine ad"
  5. an apparatus used for the distillation of liquids; consists of a vessel in which a substance is vaporized by heat and a condenser where the vapor is condensed
  6. cause to be quiet or not talk; "Please silence the children in the church!"
  7. despite anything to the contrary (usually following a concession); "although I'm a little afraid, however I'd like to try it"; "while we disliked each other, nevertheless we agreed"; "he was a stern yet fair master"; "granted that it is dangerous, all the same I still want to go"
  8. free from noticeable current; "a still pond"; "still waters run deep"
  9. lessen the intensity of o

7 letter answer(s) to silence

SQUELCH
  1. a crushing remark
  2. an electric circuit that cuts off a receiver when the signal becomes weaker than the noise
  3. make a sucking sound
  4. suppress or crush completely; "squelch any sign of dissent"; "quench a rebellion"
  5. to compress with violence, out of natural shape or condition; "crush an aluminum can"; "squeeze a lemon"
  6. walk through mud or mire; "We had to splosh across the wet meadow"

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