To review for, and if necessary to remove or suppress, content from books, films, correspondence, and other media which is regarded as objectionable (for example, obscene, likely to incite violence, or sensitive).
One of the two magistrates who originally administered the census of citizens, and by Classical times (between the 8th century B.C.E. and the 6th century C.E.) was a high judge of public behaviour and morality.
A high-ranking official who was responsible for the supervision of subordinate government officials.
A college or university official whose duties vary depending on the institution.
A hypothetical subconscious agency which filters unacceptable thought before it reaches the conscious mind.
An official responsible for the removal or suppression of objectionable material (for example, if obscene or likely to incite violence) or sensitive content in books, films, correspondence, and other media.
to perish, grow feeble, or decline, by suppression or concealment; be stifled; be suppressed or concealed.
to burn very slowly for want of air; smolder.
To suffocate; stifle; obstruct, more or less completely, the respiration of something or someone.
To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
To cook in a close dish.
To extinguish or deaden, as fire, by covering, overlaying, or otherwise excluding the air.
To get in the way of a kick of the ball, preventing it going very far. When a player is kicking the ball, an opponent who is close enough will reach out with his hands and arms to get over the top of it, so the ball hits his hands after leaving the kicker's boot, dribbling away.
To be suffocated.
To get in the way of a kick of the ball.
To breathe with great difficulty by reason of smoke, dust, close covering or wrapping, or the like.
To prevent the development of an opponent's attack by one's arm positioning.
To daub or smear.
Cookware used in such cooking.
Smoldering; slow combustion.
The act of smothering a kick (see verb section).