suppress
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(verb) to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising", "stamp down on littering" "conquer one's desires" |
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Synonyms: conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue |
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Related Words: blink, blink away, burke, check, choke back, choke down, choke off, contain, control, curb, dampen, hold, hold in, hush, hush up, moderate, muffle, quell, quieten, shut up, silence, smother, squelch, stifle, still, wink |
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(verb) put out of one's consciousness; in psychiatry |
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Synonyms: repress |
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Related Words: bury, forget, swallow |
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(verb) control and refrain from showing; of emotions |
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Synonyms: bottle up |
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Related Words: choke, hold back, keep, keep back, restrain |
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(verb) come down on; "The government oppresses political activists" |
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Synonyms: crush, oppress |
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Related Words: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate |
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