| ADJECTIVE | all | suppressive | tending to suppress |
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| Meaning | tending to suppress. | |
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| Example | "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest" | |
| Broader | restrictive | Serving to restrict |
| Spanish | supresivo | |
| Verbs | suppress | to put down by force or authority |
| suppress | come down on or keep down by unjust / unjust / unjust use of one's authority | |
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