Sentence examples for quash opponents from inspiring English sources

The regime, in its bloodthirsty fashion, has upped its firepower to quash opponents with weaponry they cannot match.

Other companies have been accused of directly helping China quash perceived opponents.

Human rights groups and Turkey's Western allies fear Erdogan is using the coup as a pretext to quash his opponents.

Wherever a great body of heroes was gathered together, this right was determined by boasting contests between the contenders: to assert the right to the hero's portion, a claimant must first produce his credentials by boasting his heroic exploits, and then shame his opponents by quashing their objections and counter-claims.

On Friday he gained a victory that he had long coveted when the Legislature passed a law regulating the news media, which he says will force news organizations to act fairly and which opponents say will quash freedom of expression.

Even the police force, much despised by Mr. Mubarak's opponents for trying to quash the protests that pushed him from power, has sought to portray itself as standing with the people in the new era.

As President Aquino pitches the idea of amending the Philippine constitution to allow him to stand for a second 6-year term, his political opponents naturally want to quash the notion before it can be debated.

Regrettably, abortion opponents -- through a merciless campaign -- quashed the installation of the bust solely because of Justice Blackmun's authorship of the landmark Roe v. Wade decision.

Hendrik Hertzberg's recent complaint that opponents of health-care reform have the opportunity to quash efforts at every step of the legislative process also echoes 1994.

The regime and its enemies appear to feed off each other; in quashing the freedom to question, dictatorships stoke the fanaticism of their opponents.

Opponents of the measure said they backed "any alternative" that would quash it.