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Adjective: repressing  ri'presing
  1. Restrictive of action
    - inhibitory, repressive
Verb: repress  ri'pres
  1. Put down by force or intimidation
    - quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
     
  2. Conceal or hide
    - smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
     
  3. Put out of one's consciousness
    - suppress
     
  4. Block the action of

See also: repression, restrictive

Type of: bury, change, conquer, crush, curb, forget, inhibit, oppress, stamp down, subdue, suppress

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