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1. Bring under control by force or authority
   "suppress a nascent uprising";
   - stamp down, subdue, conquer
    
2. Dominate or subjugate by unjust use of one's authority and power
   "The government suppresses political activists";
   - oppress, crush
    
3. Consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behaviour
   "suppress a smile";
   - inhibit, bottle up
    
4. (psychiatry) put out of one's consciousness
   - repress
    
5. Lessen to the point of stopping
   "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the haemorrhage"

Derived forms: suppressed, suppressing, suppresses

Type of: bury, check, contain, control, curb, decrease, disremember [US, informal], forget, hold, hold in, lessen, minify, mod [informal], moderate

Encyclopedia: Suppress