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Meaning of 'suppress' (Webster Dictionary)

1 . Suppress [ v. t.]
- To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
- To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
- To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
- To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

Meaning of 'suppress' (Princeton's WordNet)

1 . suppress [ v]
Meaning (1):
- bring under control by force or authority
Example in sentence:
  • conquer one's desires;
  • stamp down on littering;
  • suppress a nascent uprising
Meaning (2):
- consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
Example in sentence:
  • he let his anger bottle up until he exploded;
  • suppress a smile
Meaning (3):
- lessen to the point of stopping
Example in sentence:
  • suppress a yawn;
  • this drug can suppress the hemorrhage
Meaning (4):
- come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
Example in sentence:
  • The government oppresses political activists

Nearby Words:

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