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• Squelched
• Kept under wraps
• Kept secret
• Silenced
• Straddled, e.g.
• Used as a chair
• ''Little Miss Muffet ___ a tuffet ...''
• Suppressed
• Didn't release
• 'Little Miss Muffet __ a tuffet.'
• Oppressed, in a way
• Quashed
• Didn't release, as bad news
• 'Humpty Dumpty -- a wall'
• Refused to proceed with