gag
verb (PREVENT FROM TALKING) /ɡæɡ/ (-gg-)Definition
› [T] to put a gag on someone's mouth: He was bound and gagged and left in a cell for three days.Fastening and tyingInterrupting and preventing from speaking › [T often passive] to prevent a person or organization from talking or writing about a particular subject: The media have obviously been gagged because nothing has been reported.Interrupting and preventing from speaking
(Definition of gag verb (PREVENT FROM TALKING) from the Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary & Thesaurus
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Synonyms and related words:
- anchorage noun
- attach verb (CONNECT)
- be locked together idiom
- board sth up phrasal verb
- bound verb (TIE)
- bow noun (KNOT)
- bundle sth up phrasal verb
- chain noun (RINGS)
- hitch verb (FASTEN)
- lash verb (TIE)
- nail verb (FASTEN)
- peg verb (FIX)
- reef knot noun
- rivet verb
- rope verb
- screw verb (METAL OBJECT)
- screw verb (TURN)
- tie noun (FASTENING)
- tie verb (FASTEN)
- truss verb
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