The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 4 letter word ENDS which also is the latest solution we found used in New York Times in 2020.
Quashes crossword clue answers
Here's a list of possible crossword answers ranked by the most likely to least likely.
| Answer | Likelyness | Letters |
|---|---|---|
| ENDS | 41 % | 4 |
| HALTS | 18 % | 5 |
| STIFLES | 12 % | 7 |
| SITSON | 12 % | 6 |
| REPRESSES | 6 % | 9 |
| NIXES | 6 % | 5 |
| KILLS | 6 % | 5 |
Words with a meaning similar to the clue: Quashes
These words may or may not be a possible solution to this crosswords clue.- reduce
- keep down
- repress
- subdue
- annul
- avoid
- nullify
- invalidate
- subjugate
- void
- abolishes
- annuls
Crossword Answer definitions
ENDS noun- The terminal point of something in space or time.
- (by extension) The cessation of an effort, activity, state, or motion.
- (by extension) Death.
- The most extreme point of an object, especially one that is longer than it is wide.
- Result.
- A purpose, goal, or aim.
- One of the two parts of the ground used as a descriptive name for half of the ground.
- The position at the end of either the offensive or defensive line, a tight end, a split end, a defensive end.
- A period of play in which each team throws eight rocks, two per player, in alternating fashion.
- An ideal point of a graph or other complex.
- That which is left; a remnant; a fragment; a scrap.
- One of the yarns of the worsted warp in a Brussels carpet.
- (in the plural) Money.
- To come to an end
- To finish, terminate.
- The area in close proximity to one's home; neighbourhood.
- Money.
More crossword clues leading to the same solutions
Here's a few more crossword clues - all leading to the identical solution
More clues leading to the result ENDS
- Comes to a conclusion
- Loose ____
- Means justification, to some
- Odds' partner
- Pulls the plug on
- Remnants
- Shakespeare title word
- Some are split
- These may be tight or split
- They can be tight or loose
More clues leading to the result HALTS
- Breaks off
- Cuts short
- Goes no farther
- Quits mid-march
- Arrests
- Comes to a stop
- Obeys a sentry
- Heeds the sentry
- Brakes
- Reaches a standstill
More clues leading to the result STIFLES
- Quashes
- Puts down
- Puts down, as a revolt
- Quenches.
- Represses.
- Suppresses
- Represses
- Squelches
- Stops, as a yawn
- Nips in the bud
More clues leading to the result SITSON
- Uses as a bench
- Squelches
- Holds back, as a report
- Quashes
- Does nothing about
- Holds in abeyance
- Is part of, as a committee
- Suppresses, as bad news
- Suppresses
- Doesn't divulge, as bad news
More clues leading to the result REPRESSES
More clues leading to the result NIXES
- Gives the thumbs-down to
- Cancels
- Rejects
- Puts the kibosh on
- Says no to
- Turns thumbs down on
- Just says no to
- Vetoes
- Turns down
- Gives a thumbs-down