Meanings of quash dissent in English

Critics see it as a tool to quash dissent.

Germany has voiced concern that Erdogan is using the coup as a pretext to quash dissent.

Rights groups and some Western allies say Erdogan has used the putsch as an excuse to quash dissent.

Rights groups and some Western allies say Erdogan is using the putsch as a pretext to quash dissent.

Mr Lukashenko's feared KGB security service launched a crackdown on his opponents to quash dissent following his allegedly fraudulent re-election in December 2010.

Rights groups and Turkey's Western allies have criticised the scale of the crackdown, saying the government was using it as a pretext to quash dissent.

Since coming to power, Chinese President Xi Jinping has strengthened efforts to quash dissent, with hundreds of rights lawyers and activists detained, and dozens jailed.

By some accounts, Russia's President Vladimir Putin quashes dissent and disagreement.