Meaning & use
muzzling
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Fitting an animal with a muzzle to prevent it from biting or eating; or, figuratively, suppressing someone's freedom to speak or express opinions.
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The vet recommended muzzling the dog before examining its injured paw.
Critics accused the new policy of muzzling journalists who reported on government corruption.
A note on using this word
The figurative sense, describing censorship of speech, is at least as common today as the literal sense involving animals.
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