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To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abolish, clamp down, eliminate, bury, quash, squash
Antonyms: none provided
To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
I struggled to suppress my smile.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: curtail, stifle, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, check, inhibit, contain, vanquish, cork, curb, quench, quell, bury, dampen, hamshackle, hold back, hold down, limit, repress, restrain, restrict, shackle, stay, stop, straiten, subdue, suppress, throttle, underbring, withhold, withstrain
Antonyms: none provided
To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: human-sciences, medicine, psychiatry, psychology, sciences
Examples
He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To prevent publication.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To stop a flow or stream.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Examples
The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole. Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: clamp off, dam, stanch, stem
Antonyms: none provided
To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: US
Topics: law
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: business, electrical-engineering, electricity, electromagnetism, electronics, energy, engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, physics
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
To hold in place, to keep low.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
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Antonyms: none provided
reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
suppress a yawn this drug can suppress the hemorrhage
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: decrease, lessen, minify
to put down by force or authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
suppress a nascent uprising stamp down on littering conquer one's desires
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Narrower terms: wink, blink, blink away, stifle, dampen, choke off, choke down, choke back, hush, quieten, silence, still, shut up, hush up, burke, squelch, quell, quench, smother, strangle, muffle, repress
put out of one's consciousness
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: repress
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: forget, bury
Narrower terms: swallow
control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: inhibit, bottle up
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
Narrower terms: restrain, keep, keep back, hold back, quench, choke
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
The government oppresses political activists
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: oppress, crush
Antonyms: none provided
Narrower terms: repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).
Across languages
Translations 92 source translations are retained for this English entry.
Armenian :
ճնշել
(čnšel)
— to put an end to
Bulgarian :
потискам
(potiskam)
— to put an end to
Chinese Mandarin :
抑制
(yìzhì)
— to put an end to
Chinese Mandarin :
鎮壓 /镇压
(zhènyā)
— to put an end to
Finnish :
tukahduttaa
— to put an end to
German :
unterdrücken
— to put an end to
Hungarian :
lever
— to put an end to
Hungarian :
elfojt
— to put an end to
Hungarian :
eltipor
— to put an end to
Latin :
supprimo
— to put an end to
Lithuanian :
užgniaužti
— to put an end to
Māori :
āpuru
— to put an end to
Māori :
whakakōmau
— to put an end to
Norwegian Bokmål :
slå ned
— to put an end to
Norwegian Bokmål :
undertrykke
— to put an end to
Portuguese :
suprimir
— to put an end to
Russian :
подавля́ть
(podavljátʹ)
— to put an end to
Russian :
подави́ть
(podavítʹ)
— to put an end to
Spanish :
reprimar
— to put an end to
Spanish :
suprimir
— to put an end to
Turkish :
bastırmak
— to put an end to
Turkish :
durdurmak
— to put an end to
Ukrainian :
пригнічувати
(pryhničuvaty)
— to put an end to
Ukrainian :
забороняти
(zaboronjaty)
— to put an end to
Bulgarian :
сдържам
(sdǎržam)
— to restrain an expression
Esperanto :
deteni
— to restrain an expression
Esperanto :
sin deteni
— to restrain an expression
Finnish :
tukahduttaa
— to restrain an expression
German :
unterdrücken
— to restrain an expression
Hungarian :
elfojt
— to restrain an expression
Hungarian :
magába fojt
— to restrain an expression
Hungarian :
visszafojt
— to restrain an expression
Hungarian :
elnyom
— to restrain an expression
Hungarian :
leplez
— to restrain an expression
Irish :
coisc
— to restrain an expression
Māori :
tāwhi
— to restrain an expression
Māori :
tātāwhi
— to restrain an expression
Māori :
whakatōngā
— to restrain an expression
Māori :
whakakōmau
— to restrain an expression
Māori :
koromaki
— to restrain an expression
Portuguese :
suprimir
— to restrain an expression
Portuguese :
abafar
— to restrain an expression
Russian :
подавля́ть
(podavljátʹ)
— to restrain an expression
Russian :
подави́ть
(podavítʹ)
— to restrain an expression
Spanish :
contener
— to restrain an expression
Turkish :
bastırmak
— to restrain an expression
Turkish :
önlemek
— to restrain an expression
Turkish :
engellemek
— to restrain an expression
Bulgarian :
потискам
(potiskam)
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Esperanto :
subpremi
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Finnish :
tukahduttaa
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Hungarian :
elfojt
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Māori :
tāwhi
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Māori :
tātāwhi
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Russian :
подавля́ть
(podavljátʹ)
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Russian :
подави́ть
(podavítʹ)
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Turkish :
bastırmak
— psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
Finnish :
salata
— to prevent publication
Hungarian :
elhallgat
— to prevent publication
Hungarian :
elhallgattat
— to prevent publication
Hungarian :
eltussol
— to prevent publication
Hungarian :
visszatart
— to prevent publication
Hungarian :
betilt
— to prevent publication
Russian :
подавля́ть
(podavljátʹ)
— to prevent publication
Russian :
подави́ть
(podavítʹ)
— to prevent publication
Spanish :
ocultar
— to prevent publication
Turkish :
susturmak
— to prevent publication
Finnish :
tyrehdyttää
— to stop a flow or stream
Finnish :
tukahduttaa
— to stop a flow or stream
Hungarian :
megszüntet
— to stop a flow or stream
Hungarian :
megfékez
— to stop a flow or stream
Hungarian :
elfojt
— to stop a flow or stream
Hungarian :
megállít
— to stop a flow or stream
Hungarian :
visszaszorít
— to stop a flow or stream
Hungarian :
lefojt
— to stop a flow or stream
Irish :
coisc
— to stop a flow or stream
Russian :
подавля́ть
(podavljátʹ)
— to stop a flow or stream
Russian :
подави́ть
(podavítʹ)
— to stop a flow or stream
Turkish :
önlemek
— to stop a flow or stream
Turkish :
durdurmak
— to stop a flow or stream
Turkish :
bastırmak
— to stop a flow or stream
Turkish :
önlemek
— legal: to forbid the use of evidence
Turkish :
engellemek
— legal: to forbid the use of evidence
Bulgarian :
потискам
(potiskam)
— electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
Finnish :
vaimentaa
— electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
Finnish :
sammuttaa
— electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
Hungarian :
elnyom
— electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
Hungarian :
kiszűr
— electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
Hungarian :
kiolt
— electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
Portuguese :
suprimir
— to hold in place, to keep low
Turkish :
bastırmak
— to hold in place, to keep low
Turkish :
zapt etmek
— to hold in place, to keep low
