crush, stop by force, put down; repress, hold back, stifle; silence, prevent from being disclosed; block, arrest, check (i.e. a flow of blood, etc.)
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(v. t.)
To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
(v. t.)
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 retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
(v. t.)
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
(v. t.)
To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), edited by Noah Porter. AboutTo keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
suppress
\sup*press"\ (?), v. t. [imp. & p. p. suppressed (?); p. pr. & vb. n. suppressing.] [l. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. see sub-, and press.]
1. to overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. davies.
2. to keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. w. scott.
3. 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. she suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense.
4. to stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
To prevent from being disclosed or punished.
Verb
1. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
(synonym) stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
(hyponym) wink, blink, blink away
(derivation) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
2. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
(synonym) oppress, crush
(hyponym) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
(derivation) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
3. control and refrain from showing; of emotions
(synonym) bottle up
(hypernym) restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
(hyponym) choke
(derivation) suppression, curtailment
4. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
(synonym) restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
(hypernym) prevent, keep
(hyponym) hold
(derivation) suppression, curtailment
5. put out of one's consciousness
(synonym) repress
(hypernym) forget, bury
(hyponym) swallow
(derivation) inhibition, suppression
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
Suppress Definition from Encyclopedia Dictionaries & Glossaries
The term suppression may refer to:
- Oppression, the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner, also an act or instance of oppressing
- Censorship, the suppression of public communication considered objectionable to the general body of people as determined by a government or media outlet
- Voter suppression, a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote
- Cultural suppression, occurs when a culture is suppressed, usually coinciding with the promotion of another culture, often related to cultural imperialism
- Religious intolerance, intolerance against another's religious beliefs or practices by individuals, private groups, government agencies or the whole government
- Suppression of dissent, occurs when an individual or group tries to censor, persecute or otherwise oppress the other party rather than communicate logically
- Thought suppression, the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain thoughts, associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder
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