suppress
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Example
“Political dissent was brutally suppressed.”
Other meanings
To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
“I struggled to suppress my smile.”
To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
“He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.”
Synonyms
- stamp down
- subdue
- conquer
Related words
- cosuppress
- desuppress
- immunosuppress
- myelosuppress
- resuppress
- suppressant
- suppressible
- suppressive
- suppressogenic
- suppressory
- unsuppress
- suppressable
Word history
From Latin "suppressus".
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “suppress” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; related-word lists use Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0, based on Princeton WordNet), published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.