Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- Capable of being repressed or restrained.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- adjective Capable of being repressed.
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- adjective Capable of being
repressed , of beingcontrolled , of beingsuppressed orlimited .
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Examples
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Last House on the Left attempts a similar repressible trick on its audience, with its sound design and volume designed for maximum emotional punch.
Martyn advises you to walk straight past THE LAST HOUSE ON THE LEFT! | Obsessed With Film 2009
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I know that barely repressible urge to touch a stranger's body.
On Ownership Sage 2008
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I know that barely repressible urge to touch a stranger's body.
Archive 2008-07-01 Sage 2008
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Are all those people who aren't irrepressible... repressible?
Archive 2006-07-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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You often hear someone described as irrepressible, so why is no one ever called repressible?
Archive 2006-07-01 Ann Althouse 2006
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The killing, imprisonment and torture of peaceful demonstrators or persons who express unsanctioned opinions is morally repressible and a violation of human rights as internationally recognised.
1989 1989
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The killing, imprisonment and torture of peaceful demonstrators or persons who express unsanctioned opinions is morally repressible and a violation of human rights as internationally recognised.
1989 1989
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When push comes to shove, however, they all tend to rally to one or the other of two camps: those who believe the conflict that led to war was irrepressible or those who contend that it was repressible.
The Cult of the Lost Cause Woodward, C. Vann 1980
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Ivan's work, sat dumb with apprehension, quite oblivious of the fact that Ivan, appreciating the solemnity of the occasion, was silent only because he was struggling with hardly repressible laughter.
The Genius Margaret Horton Potter
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The young man's heart beat for a moment with repressible excitement.
From Canal Boy to President Alger, Horatio, 1832-1899 1881
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