stanching

verb

variants or staunching
present participle of stanch
as in repressing

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Recent Examples of Synonyms for stanching
  1. repressing
  2. suppressing
  3. squashing
  4. stunting
  5. turning back
  6. squelching
  7. suspending
  8. stemming
Verb
  • When elites are strong, dictators need to accommodate them, often by repressing outsiders to shield insiders from potential challenges.
    — José Kaire, The Conversation, 17 July 2026
  • Normally, this modifier gene suppresses the creation of a second kind of hemoglobin, typically made only during fetal development; repressing the gene prompts cells to start making the fetal form of hemoglobin again, which acts as a backup.
    — Roxanne Khamsi, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
Definition of repressing
Verb
  • Rather than suppressing appetite, the compound appears to boost energy expenditure, according to a study published in Science Advances.
    — Khloe Quill, FOXNews.com, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Increasingly, the wildfires that most urgently need suppressing ignite in the interfaces between rural and urban areas, places smokejumpers were not originally intended to go.
    — M. R. O’Connor, New Yorker, 31 Aug. 2026
Definition of suppressing
Verb
  • The east-side neighbors going to court join two other communities who have filed lawsuits in hopes of squashing developers' plans to spend millions of dollars on data centers.
    — Alysa Guffey, IndyStar, 24 Aug. 2026
  • And Jason Momoa, who recently starred in the game-to-movie blockbuster A Minecraft Movie, appeared to be the best guy to put behind the sci-fi series’ big, bug-squashing hand cannons.
    — Matt Cabral, Entertainment Weekly, 15 July 2026
Definition of squashing
Verb
  • And the factors pushing people out of the labor force have implications beyond workers paying for everyday essentials, including stunting career trajectories and impacting long-term retirement savings.
    — Sarah Jackson Jennifer Liu, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026
  • Aid agencies warn the Iran war and Nigeria’s inflation could push millions more African children into poverty this year, stunting development and deepening a humanitarian crisis with far-reaching global consequences.
    — Ope Adetayo, Los Angeles Times, 19 July 2026
Definition of stunting
Verb
  • While her music has remained a fixture on country charts, the latest results show listeners are turning back to her catalog across formats and generations following her death.
    — Anthony Thompson, USA Today, 2 Sep. 2026
  • Thus, Kansas City’s best cornerback lineup may include the young corners outside, with Sneed turning back the clock four seasons and manning the nickel.
    — Pete Sweeney, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2026
Definition of turning back
Verb
  • The Atlanta metro has been going back and forth between squelching heat and major storms.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 31 July 2026
  • Heat domes are sprawling areas of strong high pressure that act like a lid on the atmosphere, trapping heat underneath and squelching clouds and precipitation with their sinking air, resulting in thousands of excess deaths in Europe alone.
    — Issy Ronald, CNN Money, 25 July 2026
Definition of squelching
Verb
  • The Port of Ningbo-Zhoushan has effectively shut down, while the Port of Shanghai’s Yangshan and Waigaoqiao terminals are suspending operations as Typhoon Saudel nears landfall in China.
    — Glenn Taylor, Footwear News, 27 Aug. 2026
  • In July 2025, floods swept away the bridge connecting it with Nepal’s Rasuwa Port, suspending goods trade for roughly six months, state media reported at the time.
    — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 26 Aug. 2026
Definition of suspending
Verb
  • The company has shown signs of stemming the effects of cord-cutting, posting a rare gain in subscribers in the fourth quarter of 2025 and limiting its losses to just 21,000 subscribers in the second quarter of this year.
    — Dade Hayes, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2026
  • And that was despite dealing with external noise stemming leading up to his tenure from when Wisconsin tried to block his transfer request.
    — Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 25 Aug. 2026
Definition of stemming
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“Stanching.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/stanching. Accessed 5 Sep. 2026.

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