1.   At last, Switzer had a chance to silence his critics.

2.   Barnes has failed to silence his critics.

3.   Critics were silenced by means of torture and unfair trials.

4.   The Government has already closed down two newspapers in a bid to silence its critics.

5.   The mayor tried to silence his critics.

6.   MICHAEL Roberts has certainly gone a long way towards silencing his critics in the past week.

7.   An electric-powered raft will surge into white water next month in a test run to silence critics of motorboats in the Grand Canyon.

8.   And he has silenced his critics at every stop along the way.

9.   And so their natural inclination is to silence all critics before they become a serious political challenge.

10.   And still being used to try to silence critics.