Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- transitive verb To put an end to forcibly; subdue.
- transitive verb To curtail or prohibit the activities of.
- transitive verb To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.
- transitive verb To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.
- transitive verb To inhibit the expression of.
- transitive verb To restrain the growth, activity, or release of.
- transitive verb To inhibit the expression of (a gene).
from The Century Dictionary.
- To overpower; subdue; put down; quell; crush; stamp out.
- To restrain from utterance or vent; keep in; repress: as, to
suppress a groan. - To withhold from disclosure; conceal; refuse or forbear to reveal; withhold from publication; withdraw from circulation, or prohibit circulation of: as, to
suppress evidence; to suppress a letter; to suppress an article or a poem. - To hinder from passage or circulation; stop; stifle; smother.
- To stop by remedial means; check; restrain: as, to
suppress a diarrhea or a hemorrhage.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- transitive verb To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
- transitive verb To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent.
- transitive verb To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of.
- transitive verb To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- verb To
hold in place, to keeplow , to prevent publication. - verb US, law To
forbid the use ofevidence attrial because it isimproper or was improperly obtained.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- verb put out of one's consciousness
- verb reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
- verb come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
- verb control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
- verb to put down by force or authority
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
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However, when governments spit on human rights, posting what they wish to suppress is one way humans can protest.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it daily, but as powerful a moment as it was to lose your father when he was so young, nevertheless, I did suppress it.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it on a daily basis.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it daily, but as powerful a moment as it was to lose your father when he was so young, nevertheless, I did suppress it.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it daily, but as powerful a moment as it was to lose your father when he was so young, nevertheless, I did suppress it.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it daily, but as powerful a moment as it was to lose your father when he was so young, nevertheless, I did suppress it.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it daily, but as powerful a moment as it was to lose your father when he was so young, nevertheless, I did suppress it.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it daily, but as powerful a moment as it was to lose your father when he was so young, nevertheless, I did suppress it.
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I don't want to use the word suppress, because he was in my thoughts and I was dealing with it daily, but as powerful a moment as it was to lose your father when he was so young, nevertheless, I did suppress it.
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