I. noun
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The dog lifted his muzzle to pick up a scent.
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Don't forget a muzzle is very helpful in those early days.
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I could see the muzzle flashes in the tree line fifty yards away, which blocked our take-off path.
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I glanced at the blasting muzzles on my left and realized that we were beginning to line up on the barrels.
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If the muzzle has been properly tied the ferret will be free to lick but not to bite.
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One carried a rifle by its stock, a. 30 -. 30, the muzzle bouncing off his toe.
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The silenced muzzle of a gun stabbed out of the darkness and spat twice.
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Two small batteries fitted the butt while the beam escaped at the muzzle .
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You could actually see the shockwave zip out of the muzzle .
II. verb
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Attempts to muzzle the country's media have failed.
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Democracy activists have been effectively muzzled by these tough new laws.
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Frequently, employees are muzzled, threatened with dismissal or fired.
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Against this background, the muzzling of 16 reformist newspapers can only be seen as an assault on popular sovereignty.
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He reeled away as Barnabas was dragged into the back seat and muzzled.
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Newspapers had been muzzled by wartime censorship.
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That is why the politicians want to muzzle us and control what we write and you read.
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The Arab avant-garde was carefully muzzled and its rowdiest members sent off, willingly or unwillingly, to London and Paris.
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The people might be made to kneel, but the elements were not quite so easy to muzzle .