1. To cover as if with a blanket; as of snow.
2. To form a blanket-like cover (over).

1. To kill in large numbers; SYN. annihilate, extinguish, eradicate, wipe out, decimate, carry off.
2. To terminate or take out; SYN. get rid of, do away with.

To come down on; SYN. suppress, crush.

ETYM Old Fren. quasser, French casser, from Latin quassare to shake, shatter, shiver, v. intens. from quatere, quassum, to shake, shatter. Related to Concussion, Discuss, Rescue, and also Quash to annul.
To suppress or put down.

To put down by force or intimidation; SYN. quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce.

To smother or suppress; SYN. dampen.
Joint above the hock of a horse
Joint above hock of horse, equivalent of human knee.

1. To put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry; SYN. repress.
2. To put down by force or authority; SYN. stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb.