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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

suppress Related Forms
sup·press′·ible adjective sup·pres′·sive adjective sup·pres′·sively adverb sup·pres′·sor noun
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.

suppress Law Definition

v

To end, prohibit, or keep something from being known, heard, discussed, or seen.
suppress Usage Examples

Object

  • dissent: We should not forget either how the government used the courts to suppress dissent and protest.
  • appetite: No drug so far has proved to be of lasting help with regard to suppressing appetite.
  • rebellion: He then went westward to suppress a rebellion led by the Welsh princes.
  • weed: Ground Cover Plants - Plants that carpet the ground with dense growth suppressing weeds.
  • revolt: To suppress the revolt, Kolchak ordered soldiers to open fire, killing over 300 unarmed civilians.
  • uprising: In his efforts to suppress an uprising of the ex-slave population in Jamaica, Eyre had executed a leading revolutionary without trial.

Subject

  • medium: Victor Thorn examines why, and how, real news is suppressed by the mainstream media More.. .
  • government: In 1782 he attended the Douay seminary, but whilst there the college was suppressed by the French revolutionary government.

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.
  • brutally: She was the sort of riot you want to suppress brutally with water cannon.
  • bloodily: On 4 November, Soviet troops re-entered Hungary and bloodily suppressed the revolt, establishing another pro-Soviet government under Janos Kadar.
  • violently: While it was violently suppressed, its strength led to the fear of further revolt and stayed the hand of the English feudal nobility.
  • deliberately: Evidence is deliberately suppressed whenever science may have the edge over their particular brand of primitive credo.
  • barely: But these eight songs still present 32 minutes of barely suppressed emotions on the verge of kindling.

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.
  • what: He must omit what is tedious or irrelevant, and suppress what is tedious and necessary.

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.. .
  • government: In 1782 he attended the Douay seminary, but whilst there the college was suppressed by the French revolutionary government.
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