Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.
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Examples for "crushing "
1 Political upheaval has often diverted attention away from crushing poverty and AIDS.
2 The MPLA was also seen crushing the opposition at the provincial level.
3 Major Campbell was stamping down something; and succeeded too in crushing it.
4 Repression has so far failed to instill crushing fear into the population.
5 Canola meal, a byproduct of canola crushing , is used in livestock feed.
1 The major side effect seen in the trial was bone marrow suppression .
2 Victims groups have slammed the move, saying name suppression laws are archaic.
3 It felt particularly poignant given the violent suppression of last year's protests.
4 In fact, Anastas was in Budapest during the suppression there in 1956.
5 He was in power, and prominent in the suppression of the Rebellion.
1 So many issues at the polls today across the country, stifling democracy.
2 We want to hear your examples of big data stifling workplace creativity.
3 The cold air in the railway van grows thicker and more stifling .
4 The bees and wasps circled busily around humming in the stifling atmosphere.
5 She felt herself stifling in the wagon and flung aside the covering.
1 The Argentinian Football Association has been blamed for not quelling the violence.
2 Benomar brokered a 2011 transition aimed at quelling political turmoil in Yemen.
3 Slowly she concentrated on slowing her breathing and quelling her racing heart.
4 I waited out the surf of objections, profoundly disinterested in quelling them.
5 Zorindru shot him the same quelling glance that had so intimidated Milsindra.
6 My son, Ares, has returned to assist me in quelling the rebellion.
7 In 2013, Odinga took his concerns to court, quelling potential clashes.
8 Vespasian himself had been quelling a Jewish rebellion when he scrambled into power.
9 My son has been working with us. Matthew gave me a quelling look.
10 A long and quelling silence followed the lighting of my cigarette.
11 The Scotsman gave his companion another quelling look and then doffed his hat.
12 The awful news spread from lip to lip, hushing shouts and quelling laughter.
13 But Ujarak rose, and quelling the laugh with a look of dignity, continued:-
14 Alex realizes this, and sends a quelling glance in Dick's direction.
15 Words were ready to go with the quelling glance, but they died unspoken.
16 Henke gave her a quelling glance, then looked back at Morncreek.
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