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suppress::verb | Spocien Dictionary
| Type | Words |
|---|---|
| Synonyms | conquer, stamp down, subdue |
| Type of | hold in, moderate, hold, contain, control, check, curb |
| Has types | quench, burke, choke back, choke down, choke off, hush, hush up, quell, quieten, shut up, silence, squelch, still |
| Derivation | suppresser, suppression, suppressive, suppressor |
suppress a nascent uprising.
Examples of suppress
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In my experience, the more you try to suppress bad behaviour, the worse it gets.
From the independent.co.uk
We go on crash diets and then we eat to suppress negative feelings in our lives.
From the style.uk.msn.com
Still, McNamara cannot suppress the virtue or vice of his efficiency altogether.
From the time.com
Deltona High softball coach Scott Smith is trying to suppress the same thoughts.
From the news-journalonline.com
The viruses used were engineered to suppress the immune system only in the knee.
From the sciencedaily.com
Religion has been trying to suppress those for a few centuries with little luck.
From the economist.com
They also can be deadly since opiates sometimes suppress the respiratory system.
From the sciencedaily.com
In Fiji, we are assessing how seaweeds use toxins to damage and suppress corals.
From the scientistatwork.blogs.nytimes.com
The Ottoman government was not doing what it could to suppress the nationalists.
From the en.wikipedia.org
- To put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
- Oppress: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
- Inhibit: control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
- Put out of one's consciousness
- Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
- (suppressed) kept from public knowledge by various means;
- (Suppression (eye)) Suppression of an eye is a subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia. The brain can eliminate double vision by ignoring the images of one of the eyes. ...
- (Suppression (parish)) Suppression is a Catholic term for the formal disbanding of a parish. It differs from the more common practice of merging parishes.
- To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication; To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained
