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Verb: suppress  su'pres
  1. To put down by force or authority
    "suppress a nascent uprising"
    - stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
     
  2. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    - oppress, crush
     
  3. Control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behaviour
    - inhibit, bottle up
     
  4. Put out of one's consciousness
    - repress
     
  5. Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
    "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the haemorrhage"

Derived forms: suppressing, suppresses, suppressed

See also: suppresser, suppression, suppressive

Type of: bury, check, contain, control, curb, decrease, forget, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, lessen, minify, moderate, restrain

Encyclopedia: Suppress