| VERB | change | suppress, stamp down, subdue, conquer | to put down by force or authority |
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| social | suppress, oppress, crush | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority | |
| social | suppress, inhibit, bottle up | control and refrain from showing | |
| cognition | suppress, repress | put out of one's consciousness | |
| change | suppress | reduce the incidence or severity of or stop |
| Sounds | sahpreh's | |
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| Rhymes | ABS ... yes: 78 rhymes with ehs... | |
| Meaning | To put down by force or authority. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody; Something ----s something | |
| Example | "suppress a nascent uprising" | |
| Synonyms | stamp down, subdue, conquer | |
| Narrower | burke | Get rid of, silence, or suppress |
| choke off, choke down, choke back | Suppress | |
| hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up | Cause to be quiet or not talk / talk | |
| quench | (electronics) suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device | |
| silence | Keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure | |
| squelch, quell, quench | Suppress or crush completely | |
| Broader | control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate | lessen the intensity of |
| Spanish | conquistar, contener, dominar, inhibir, reprimir | |
| Catalan | conquistar, contenir, dominar, reprimir | |
| Adjectives | suppressive | tending to suppress |
| Nouns | suppresser | an electrical device for suppressing unwanted currents |
| suppression | the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation | |
| suppression | forceful prevention | |
| suppressor, suppresser | someone who suppresses | |
| Meaning | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Something ----s somebody | |
| Synonyms | oppress, crush | |
| Narrower | repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce | Put down by force or intimidation |
| Spanish | abrumar, oprimir, reprimir | |
| Catalan | aclaparar, afeixugar, esclafar, fer callar, oprimir, reprimir | |
| Adjectives | suppressive | tending to suppress |
| Nouns | suppresser | someone who suppresses |
| suppression | forceful prevention | |
| Meaning | Control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something | |
| Synonyms | inhibit, bottle up | |
| Narrower | choke | check or slow down the action or effect of |
| smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress | conceal or hide | |
| stifle, dampen | smother or suppress | |
| Spanish | refrenar, reprimir, suprimir | |
| Catalan | refrenar, reprimir | |
| Meaning | put out of one's consciousness. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s somebody; Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | |
| Synonym | repress | |
| 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 | |
| Nouns | suppression | (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires / desires |
| Meaning | Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop. | |
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| Pattern | Somebody ----s something; Something ----s something | |
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| Broader | decrease, lessen, minify | make smaller |
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