| VERB | social | repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce | put down by force or intimidation |
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| social | repress | impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of | |
| contact | repress, smother, stifle, strangle, muffle | conceal or hide | |
| cognition | repress, suppress | put out of one's consciousness | |
| change | repress | block the action of |
| Sounds | riypreh's | |
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| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | Put down by force or intimidation. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce | |
| Broader | oppress, suppress, crush | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority |
| Spanish | avasallar, sojuzgar, subyugar | |
| Catalan | dominar, enjovar, reprimir, sotmetre, subjugar | |
| Adjectives | repressive | restrictive of action |
| Nouns | repression | the act of repressing |
| repression | a state of forcible subjugation | |
| Meaning | Impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Broader | impede, hinder | Be a hindrance or obstacle to |
| Meaning | conceal or hide. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Synonyms | smother, stifle, strangle, muffle | |
| Broader | inhibit, bottle up, suppress | Control and refrain from showing |
| Spanish | amortiguar, reprimir | |
| Catalan | ofegar, reprimir, sufocar | |
| Meaning | put out of one's consciousness. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonym | suppress | |
| Category | psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine | The branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders |
| Broader | forget, bury | dismiss from the mind |
| Spanish | reprimir | |
| Catalan | reprimir, suprimir | |
| Meaning | Block the action of. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Broader | change | Undergo a change |
| Spanish | reprimir | |
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