Related Clues:

• Quashes
• Puts down
• Checks
• Suppresses
• Squelches
• Constrains
• Doesn't reveal
• Puts down, as a revolt
• Restrains or prevents, say growth
• Stifles evidently dead men
• Stops, as a yawn
• Curbs, limits
• Checks if vandalised bin is hit
• Puts a damper on
• Puts the brakes on