muzzling

verb

present participle of muzzle
as in censoring

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  1. censoring
  2. silencing
  3. gagging
Verb
  • Aguirre’s interviews are carefully edited with bleeps, censoring the ‘cabr—s’, the ‘hijos de p—s’ and ‘carambas’.
    — Colin Millar, New York Times, 4 July 2026
  • Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.
    — Britta Miller, The Washington Examiner, 27 June 2026
Definition of censoring
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  • President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan has been consolidating power and silencing dissent in recent years.
    — The Christian Science Monitor, Christian Science Monitor, 11 Aug. 2026
  • The researchers went further, looking at liver cells in the lab to see if silencing FNIP1 could turn on fat-burning genes.
    — Jacek Krywko, Scientific American, 5 Aug. 2026
Definition of silencing
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  • The important thing to know is that these techniques should only be used if your pet is truly choking – not simply coughing or gagging – and your pet should still be seen by a veterinarian afterward, even if the object is removed.
    — Cathy M. Rosenthal, Chicago Tribune, 1 Aug. 2026
  • Demoustier holds her nose and mimes gagging.
    — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 13 May 2026
Definition of gagging
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