blue wall of silence blue wall wall of silence | the secrecy of police officers who lie or look the other way to protect other police officers, the blue wall cracked when some officers refused to take part in the cover-up |
burial mound grave mound barrow tumulus | (archeology) a heap of earth placed over prehistoric tombs |
grave tomb | a place for the burial of a corpse (especially beneath the ground and marked by a tombstone), he put flowers on his mother's grave |
muteness silence | a refusal to speak when expected, his silence about my contribution was surprising |
secrecy secretiveness silence | the trait of keeping things secret |
silence quiet | the absence of sound, he needed silence in order to sleep, the street was quiet |
conspiracy of silence | a conspiracy not to talk about some situation or event, there was a conspiracy of silence about police brutality |
grave accent grave | a mark (`) placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
silence | the state of being silent (as when no one is speaking), there was a shocked silence, he gestured for silence |
grave | death of a person, he went to his grave without forgiving me, from cradle to grave |
hush quieten silence still shut up hush up | cause to be quiet or not talk, Please silence the children in the church! |
silence | keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure, All dissenters were silenced when the dictator assumed power |
scratch engrave grave inscribe | carve, cut, or etch into a material or surface, engrave a pen, engraved the trophy cupt with the winner's, the lovers scratched their names into the bark of the tree |
sculpt sculpture grave | shape (a material like stone or wood) by whittling away at it, She is sculpting the block of marble into an image of her husband |
dangerous grave grievous serious severe life-threatening | causing fear or anxiety by threatening great harm, a dangerous operation, a grave situation, a grave illness, grievous bodily harm, a serious wound, a serious turn of events, a severe case of pneumonia, a life-threatening disease |
grave grievous heavy weighty | of great gravity or crucial import, requiring serious thought, grave responsibilities, faced a grave decision in a time of crisis, a grievous fault, heavy matters of state, the weighty matters to be discussed at the peace conference |
grave sedate sober solemn | dignified and somber in manner or character and committed to keeping promises, a grave God-fearing man, a quiet sedate nature, as sober as a judge, a solemn promise, the judge was solemn as he pronounced sentence |