· place a limit on the number of
Synonym(s): number
Hypernym(s): limit, circumscribe, confine_to
· put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Synonym(s): repress, quash, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Hypernym(s): oppress, suppress, crush
· manage not to throw up
Antonym(s): vomit