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suppress definition

sup·press (sə pres′)

transitive verb

    1. to put down by force; subdue; quell; crush
    2. to abolish by authority
  2. to keep from appearing or being known, published, etc. to suppress a news story, a book, etc.
  3. to keep back; restrain; check to suppress a laugh, a cough, etc.
  4. to check or stop (a natural flow, secretion, or excretion)
  5. Electronics to eliminate or weaken (an unwanted oscillation, echo, etc.) in a circuit
  6. Psychiatry to consciously dismiss from the mind (unacceptable ideas, impulses, etc.)

Etymology: ME suppressen < L suppressus, pp. of supprimere, to press under, suppress < sub-, sub- + premere, to press

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Alternate definitions:

law suppress definition - legal

medical suppress definition - medical

suppress Synonyms

suppress

v.

crush, overpower, overcome, contain, cut off, beat down, slap down, hold down, put down, burke, subdue, keep in, quash, repress, quell, stifle, sit on*, trample out*, bottle up*, keep in ignorance*, choke off*, come down on*, clamp down on*, crack down on*; see also defeat 1, 2.


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suppress Usage Examples

Object

  • dissent: We should not forget either how the government used the courts to suppress dissent and protest.

Subject

  • medium: Victor Thorn examines why, and how, real news is suppressed by the mainstream media More.. .

Noun phrase with adjective complement

  • such: Preliminary tests in pots have indicated that garden compost, when added to soil can suppress diseases such as white rot.

Modifying Another Word

  • ruthlessly: All opposition was ruthlessly suppressed by the Cheka, or political police.

Used with why or when

  • when: However, fears were allayed and all thoughts of George Clooney suppressed when she promised me that the milk was new.

Preposition: with

  • option: The warning message may be suppressed with the -w option.

Preposition: by

  • medium: Victor Thorn examines why, and how, real news is suppressed by the mainstream media More.. .
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suppress quotes

In a world where it is so easy to neglect, deny, pervert and suppress the truth, the scientist may find his discipline severe. For him, truth is so seldom the sudden lightthat showsneworderand beauty; more often, truth is the uncharted rock that sinks his ship in the dark.

-Cornforth, SirJohnWarcup

How heroic to be able to suppress one's vanity to the extent of confessing that the game is too hard.

-James, Alice

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