as in to censor
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Recent Examples of muzzle
Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 Mar. 2026
The man removed a magazine from the gun, and, with his hand covering the muzzle, accidentally pulled the trigger.
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Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2026
Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
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Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Noun
No law enforcement officer, judge, the evidence will show, in his right mind, would bargain with someone who has their hand on the trigger and the muzzle in your face.
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Sarah Rumpf-Whitten,
FOXNews.com,
23 Mar. 2026
The man removed a magazine from the gun, and, with his hand covering the muzzle, accidentally pulled the trigger.
—
Lillie Davidson,
Fort Worth Star-Telegram,
22 Mar. 2026
Verb
And even its own alarming internal figures haven’t spurred the very concerned minds at OpenAI like Altman to pull or at least seriously muzzle their product.
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Frank Landymore,
Futurism,
21 Jan. 2026
The lethality of ammunition is much beyond caliber size or muzzle velocity.
—
Atharva Gosavi,
Interesting Engineering,
30 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for muzzle
Noun
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For instance, Puerto Rican anole lizards have developed longer limbs and larger toe pads for city life, and house finches show adapted beaks.
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Vittore and Strmic take about half as much time, Ruddell even less, putting his leather beak mask on at the very last minute.
Verb
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But because Twitch streams are live and not edited or censored like traditional TV programming, there are more risks involved regarding what young viewers may see onscreen.
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Vance asserted that the 2020 election was rigged due to tech companies censoring information.
Noun
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That same year, DNA analysis revealed that a tooth recovered from a mandible at one of the relevant archaeological sites was that of Captain James Fitzjames of the HMS Erebus.
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By March, crews found the mandible of an adult man, followed within days by the ribs of a young adult.
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Davis crafted a marquee lineup that included Springsteen, Earth, Wind & Fire, Jennifer Hudson, The Killers and Paul Simon, but a massive thunderstorm silenced the show before many of the top names could perform.
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Your method of dismissing your flippant remarks, then, is probably the next best option to silence.
Noun
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Save Cheese Rinds and Vegetable Trimmings Instead of giving that last nib of Parmesan or cured meat trimmings the heave-ho, use them to transform a stock, braise, soup, or sauce.
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Each fountain pen is fitted with an 18-karat gold nib and is individually signed by the artist.
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Azim was then beaten, strangled, suffocated with a pillow, gagged, and stuffed in a closet.
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There are 100 categories (seriously), the vast majority of them ridiculous bits, and even the semi-serious ones basically gags, too.
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Referencing a maxilla fragment found in Misliya Cave, Israel, one study dated it between 180,000 and 190,000 years ago.
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The jugal bone, or what could be called the cheekbone, and the maxilla, or jawbone, are fused, Bertozzo said.
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Days after Miller shared details about the car accident, which occurred north of Joplin, Missouri, a GoFundMe was set up to pay for hospital bills.
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But the Republican budget bill incorporated cuts to food stamps — the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP — that have driven some 4 million people off the program.
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“Muzzle.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/muzzle. Accessed 5 Jul. 2026.
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