repress
1.
(
verb
) put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Synonyms:
keep down
,
quash
,
reduce
,
subdue
,
subjugate
Related Words:
clamp down
,
crush
,
oppress
,
suppress
2.
(
verb
) put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry
Synonyms:
suppress
Related Words:
bury
,
forget
,
swallow
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