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suppress
has definitions from the fields of psychiatry,politics
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[ verb ] to put down by force or authority
Synonyms Examples "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering" "conquer one's desires" Used in print (The Atlanta Constitution,...)The Dominican people have known no democratic institutions and precious little freedom for a generation , and all alternative leadership has been suppressed . (Perry Miller "Theodore Parker: Apostasy within Liberalism"...)One can even argue - though this is a delicate matter - that every justification existed for their returning the Public_Lecture to the First_Church , and so to suppress it , rather_than let Parker use it as a sounding_board for his propaganda when his turn should come to occupy it . (Lt. Col. D.F. Martin, "Will Aircraft or Missiles Win Wa...)An aircraft with a load of small nuclear_weapons could very conceivably be given a mission to suppress all trains operating within a specified geographic_area of Russia - provided that we had used some of our ICBMs to degrade Russia 's air_defenses before our bombers got there . |
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[ verb ] (politics) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
Examples "The government oppresses political activists" Used in print (William C. Smith, "Why Fear Ideas?"...)Those who would suppress dangerous thoughts , credit ideas with high potency . Related terms |
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[ verb ] control and refrain from showing; of emotions
Synonyms Used in print (E. Lucas Myers, "The Vindication of Dr. Nestor,"...)Alex suppressed those expressions of relief which offered to prevail in his face and escape from his throat ; unwarranted they were in_any_case for , as he stood facing the fille_de_chambre , his ears were assailed by new sounds from the interior of the shower_room . Related terms |
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[ verb ] (psychiatry) put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry
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