suppress

Verb

Verb Forms: suppressed, suppressing, suppresses

• To put an end to forcibly; to hold back.
• to put down by force or authority
  • "suppress a nascent uprising"
• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
• control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
• put out of one's consciousness
• reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
  • "suppress a yawn"
  • "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
• To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
• To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
• To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
• To prevent publication.
• To stop a flow or stream.
• To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
• To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
• To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
• To hold in place, to keep low.

Examples

• He had to suppress a groan when his opponent played a seven-letter bingo.
• He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
• Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
• I struggled to suppress my smile.
• Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
• The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
• The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.

Synonyms

bottle up, conquer, crush, curb, inhibit, oppress, repress, stamp down, subdue, abolish, behedge, bind, bury, chasten, check, clamp down, clamp off, contain, cork, curtail, dam, dampen, eliminate, guard, hamshackle, hold back, hold down, limit, restrain, restrict, shackle, stanch, stay, stem, stifle, stop, straiten, suppress, throttle, underbring, vanquish, withhold, withstrain