keep down (v.)

• asphyxiate
• break
• browbeat
• bulldoze
• bully
• castrate
• censor
• coerce
• compel
• cork
• cow
• crush
• daunt
• disenfranchise
• disfranchise
• dominate
• domineer
• drown
• enslave
• enthrall
• extinguish
• gag
• grind
• intimidate
• kill
• muzzle
• oppress
• overawe
• overbear
• overmaster
• override
• quash
• quell
• quench
• repress
• silence
• smash
• smother
• squash
• squelch
• stanch
• stifle
• strangle
• stultify
• subdue
• subject
• subjugate
• subordinate
• suffocate
• suppress
• terrorize
• throttle
• tyrannize
• unman