Keep and Muzzle

Keep

Keep verb - To keep from exceeding a desirable degree or level (as of expression).

Usage example: at least try to keep your temper during the holiday meal

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Muzzle and keep are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Muzzle" instead a verb "Keep".

Nearby Words: keeping, keeper

Muzzle verb - Fit with a muzzle.

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Keep and muzzle are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Keep" instead a verb "Muzzle".

Nearby Words: muzzled, muzzling

It's potent enough that their oppressors have to collar and muzzle them to keep it under control.

Source: Musical Assassin
Silverfox makes Colonel Stryker put the muzzle of his revolver with One Bullet Left under his chin, but doesn't make him pull the trigger, instead telling him to walk away until his feet bleed and then keep walking.

Source: Film / X-Men Origins: Wolverine
And if that's not bad enough, while they do take the precaution of putting restraints on them to keep them under control, they completely forget to muzzle them!

Source: Film / Shaun of the Dead