Verb
a dangerous dog that should be muzzled
attempts by the government to muzzle the press
The company has tried to muzzle its employees by forbidding them to speak to the press.
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Noun
That meant the former employees had a week to decide whether to accept OpenAI’s muzzle or risk forfeiting what could be millions of dollars — a tight timeline for a decision of that magnitude, and one that left little time to find outside counsel.—Kelsey Piper, Vox, 22 May 2024 Cell phone video taken inside the private car shows two correction officers who got out to confront the driver kept the muzzles of their assault rifles pointed at the ground throughout the encounter.—Graham Rayman, New York Daily News, 16 May 2024
Verb
As media outlets muzzle any doubts about the use of force to achieve unification, the leadership could easily perceive a lack of dissent as widespread public support for its aspirations regarding Taiwan.—Tong Zhao, Foreign Affairs, 9 May 2023 Vullo said the letters were evenhanded, and her attorney argued that letting the lawsuit go forward would improperly muzzle public officials.—Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez, Fortune, 30 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for muzzle
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Word History
Etymology
Noun
Middle English mosel, from Middle French musel, from Old French *mus mouth of an animal, from Medieval Latin musus
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