1. To put down by force or authority
   "suppress a nascent uprising"
   - stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb 
2. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
   - oppress, crush 
3. Control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behaviour
   - inhibit, bottle up 
4. Put out of one's consciousness
   - repress 
5. Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
   "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the haemorrhage"

Derived forms: suppressed, suppresses, suppressing

See also: suppresser, suppression, suppressive

Type of: bury, check, contain, control, curb, decrease, forget, hold, hold back, hold in, keep, keep back, lessen, minify, moderate, restrain

Encyclopedia: Suppress

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