To silence, cause (a sound) to cease. Also figurative to cause the cessation of (murmurs, complaints, etc.).

transferred and figurative. To quench (hopes, passions, strife, life, mental faculties, etc.); to silence (sound).

To stop from noise, to silence; = clam, v.2 2.

(un-, prefix2 affix 1a.)

transitive. To stop, suppress (a noise or sound).

To render still, calm, or quiet; to muffle (a drum), silence (a noise). Obsolete.

figurative. To put an end to (din); to silence, hush: cf. clamour, v.2 2.

transitive. Originally U.S. To press or squeeze (something), esp. forcefully; to stub out or extinguish (a cigarette or cigar); to step on (the…