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suppress
[ suh-pres ]
verb (used with object)
- to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.):
to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
- to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
- to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
- to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
- Genetics. to keep (a gene) from being expressed:
Let's say that future genetic engineers discover a gene for suicidal depression, and learn how to suppress the gene or adjust it.
- Electricity. to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.
suppress
/ əˈɛ /
verb
- to put an end to; prohibit
- to hold in check; restrain
I was obliged to suppress a smile
- to withhold from circulation or publication
to suppress seditious pamphlets
- to stop the activities of; crush
to suppress a rebellion
- electronics
- to reduce or eliminate (unwanted oscillations) in a circuit
- to eliminate (a particular frequency or group of frequencies) in a signal
- psychiatry
- to resist consciously (an idea or a desire entering one's mind)
- to exercise self-control by preventing the expression of (certain desires) Compare repress
Derived Forms
- ܱˈ, noun
- ܱˈ, adjective
Other Word Forms
- ܱ··· adjective
- ܱ·· adjective
- ܱ···ly adverb
- ܱ··ǰ ܱ·· noun
- non·ܱ·· adjective
- non·ܱ···ly adverb
- non·ܱ···ness noun
- ·ܱ· verb (used with object)
- ·ܱ· verb (used with object)
- -ܱ··Բ adjective
- self-ܱ·· adjective
- un·ܱ··· adjective
- un·ܱ·· adjective
Word History and Origins
Word History and Origins
Origin of suppress1
Example Sentences
It would functionally create a national version of Florida's "don't say gay" law that has suppressed free expression in the classroom.
Another technique called “rebirthing” is similar but specifically focuses on uncovering suppressed memories that are serving as emotional blocks.
Black people in America have often led change in this society because our humanity and our liberties were so long suppressed and denied.
Alcohol suppresses a unique phase of sleep, where there is increased brain activity, he explains.
They are reunited by a mysterious package that threatens to expose a dark secret they've suppressed for 27 years.
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