Put down
Put down verb - To put a stop to (something) by the use of force.
Usage example: a tyrant who ruthlessly put down uprisings
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There are guard dogs you can silence and one mission involves rabid ones needing to be put down.
- But that minimalism pales in comparison to the near-silence about the Tiananmen Square protests ... and how they were put down, regardless of how much the rest of the world knows about it.
Source: Old Shame / Real Life
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