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Silence Stop Means Kill Order Revealing Secret Silenced

query
To s______ someone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret .To silence someone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret .
A hit man had been sent to silence her over the affair.
word silence
full-definition
noun
If there is silence, nobody is speaking.
They stood in silence.
He never lets those long silences develop during dinner.
Then he bellowed 'Silence!'
The silence of a place is the extreme quietness there.
...the silence of that rainless, all-concealing fog.
She breathed deeply, savouring the silence.
Someone's silence about something is their failure or refusal to speak to other people about it.
The district court ruled that Popper's silence in court today should be entered as a plea of not guilty.
verb
To silence someone or something means to stop them speaking or making a noise.
A ringing phone silenced her.
The shock silenced him completely.
If someone silences you, they stop you expressing opinions that they do not agree with.
Like other tyrants, he tried to silence anyone who spoke out against him.
...an unsuccessful attempt by the government to silence the debate.
To silence someone means to kill them in order to stop them revealing something secret .
A hit man had been sent to silence her over the affair.
inflections silencessilencingsilenceddo intake out
cefr-level B2

Tags: oxford5k::cefr-level:b2

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