Related by context. Frequent words. (Click for all words.) 51 stifle dissent 50 authoritarian 48 repressive 48 repress 47 suppress 46 autocratic 46 intimidate 44 crush dissent 44 dictatorial 44 censor 43 stifle 43 dissent 43 squelch 43 preempt 42 authoritarian regimes 42 subvert 42 pre emptive 42 dissenters 42 incite violence 42 pro democracy 42 pre emptive strikes 42 foment 42 antigovernment 42 embarrass 42 protests 42 quash 41 censorship 41 instigate 41 incite 41 provoke 41 dissidence 41 defiance 41 repressive regime 41 overthrow 41 quell 41 rein 41 repressive regimes 41 reactionary 40 mollify 40 totalitarian 40 muzzle 40 quell unrest 40 intervene militarily 40 deflect criticism 40 thwart 40 pre empt 40 retaliate 40 dissidents 40 bellicose 40 repression 40 subversion 39 fascistic 39 iron fisted 39 tyrannical 39 emboldened 39 curtail 39 despotic 39 delegitimize 39 antidemocratic 38 subversive 38 hostility toward 38 forestall 38 destabilize 38 uprisings 38 authoritarian regime 38 oppressive 38 appease 38 circumvent 38 undemocratic 38 restrain 38 totalitarian regime 38 tamp down 38 overt 38 oust 38 dictatorial regimes 38 fomenting unrest 38 popular revolts 38 hardline 37 muzzling 37 brutal crackdown 37 repressing 37 Communist Party CCP 37 topple 37 punish 37 rile 37 civil disobedience 37 restrict 37 censoring 37 draconian 37 confrontational 37 seditious 37 placate 37 increasingly assertive 37 abridge 37 discredit 37 enforce 37 autocratic regimes 37 disrupt 37 clampdowns 37 isolationist 36 paranoid