suppress

1 to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb]

2 come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress, crush]

3 control and refrain from showing; of emotions [syn: bottle up]

4 keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back]

5 put out of one's consciousness [syn: repress]

English

Pronunciation

• /səˈprɛs/

  Rhymes with: -ɛs

Verb

1. To hold in place, to keep low.

Translations

Related terms

• suppression

The term Suppression may refer to:

• Oppression
• Censorship
• Voter suppression
• Cultural suppression
• Suppression of religion
• Political suppression
• Thought suppression, the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain thoughts

Weapons

• Suppressor
• Suppressive fire

Math, science, and technology

• Compton suppression, in nuclear physics
• Free energy suppression and other suppressed technology
• Silence suppression, in telephony
• Suppression subtractive hybridization, in biochemistry
• Transient voltage suppression diode
• Zero suppression, in math and information theory

Health and medicine

• Appetite suppression
• Bone marrow suppression
• Suppression (eye)
• Flash suppression
• Reflux suppressant, in medicine

Other

• Fire fighting ("fire suppression")
• Fire suppression systems
• Suppressed correlative, a logical fallacy
• Suppression of the Society of Jesus
• Tohunga Suppression Act 1907
• Suppression of Communism Act
• Suppressive Person and the book, The Cause of Suppression, about the Church of Scientology concept

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