QUIETEN

• (verb) cause to be quiet or not talk

  "Please silence the children in the church!"

  synonyms : hush , hush up , shut up , silence , still

• (verb) make calm or still

  "quiet the dragons of worry and fear"

  synonyms : calm , calm down , lull , quiet , still , tranquilize , tranquillise , tranquillize

• (verb) become quiet or quieter

  "The audience fell silent when the speaker entered"

  synonyms : hush , pipe down , quiesce , quiet , quiet down

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