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suppress
[ suh-pres ]
verb (used with object)
- to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.):
to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
- to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
- to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
- to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
- Genetics. to keep (a gene) from being expressed:
Let's say that future genetic engineers discover a gene for suicidal depression, and learn how to suppress the gene or adjust it.
- Electricity. to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.
suppress
/ əˈɛ /
verb
- to put an end to; prohibit
- to hold in check; restrain
I was obliged to suppress a smile
- to withhold from circulation or publication
to suppress seditious pamphlets
- to stop the activities of; crush
to suppress a rebellion
- electronics
- to reduce or eliminate (unwanted oscillations) in a circuit
- to eliminate (a particular frequency or group of frequencies) in a signal
- psychiatry
- to resist consciously (an idea or a desire entering one's mind)
- to exercise self-control by preventing the expression of (certain desires) Compare repress
Derived Forms
- ܱˈ, noun
- ܱˈ, adjective
Other 51Թ Forms
- ܱ··· adjective
- ܱ·· adjective
- ܱ···ly adverb
- ܱ··ǰ ܱ·· noun
- non·ܱ·· adjective
- non·ܱ···ly adverb
- non·ܱ···ness noun
- ·ܱ· verb (used with object)
- ·ܱ· verb (used with object)
- -ܱ··Բ adjective
- self-ܱ·· adjective
- un·ܱ··· adjective
- un·ܱ·· adjective
51Թ History and Origins
51Թ History and Origins
Origin of suppress1
Example Sentences
"So I do think it's possible that there is H5N1 data that's being collected and being suppressed, but I don't know."
As silly as the Epstein obsessives are, they're part of a larger trend of Trump voters struggling more to suppress pangs of doubt.
Mr Griffin said it was a criminal offence to suppress, conceal, alter, or destroy relevant evidence and said providers should be properly resourced to respond to the inquiry.
These are important actions in what is looking to be an ongoing fight against growing draconian efforts to suppress free speech and individual choice.
It would functionally create a national version of Florida's "don't say gay" law that has suppressed free expression in the classroom.
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