Word: quashed
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...panel of ambassadors from Slovakia, Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic said that European solidarity will help to quash unemployment, economic weaknesses and corruption in their respective nations...
...Basically, you don’t come in and, for some abstract idea, quash ongoing campaigns that are already showing signs of success,” he says...
...mandate of reform and democratization is unlikely to have any trouble winning the electorate's endorsement, and the sense of panic in the hard-line camp is evident: Tehran sources reveal that some in the hard-line camp are pressing the unelected spiritual leader, Ayatollah Ali Khameini, to quash Khatami's plan by declaring a state of emergency...
...with gratitude," Cem said. Ecevit, however, was not pleased to be viewed in the past tense after 45 years in politics. While conceding that he may well be forced out if resignations continue to deplete his coalition's parliamentary numbers, Ecevit filled his cabinet vacancies. He also tried to quash the independent Dervis' attempt to launch himself into politics by joining up with Cem, saying that Dervis could not both serve the government and oppose it. In the end, Dervis withdrew his resignation under pressure from President Ahmet Necdet Sezer, who feared that if the architect of Turkey's multibillion...
...says he had heard “all kinds of rumors about this gigantic University not paying up that much taxes and gobbling up all these communities”—rumors that he set out to quash...