suppress

Verb

Meaning

To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.

To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.

To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.

To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

stop inhibit crush conceal restrain subdue overpower repress stifle smother put down control contain prevent check
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Antonyms

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Hypernyms

control contain hold minify decrease check

Hyponyms

burke hush still reduce silence quell

Phrases with the word

suppress the need to poop

Derivatives

suppressed suppressing

Examples

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. Benjamin Franklin

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism. Carl Sagan

In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy. Learned Hand

Modern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales. Aleister Crowley

To suppress free speech is a double wrong. It violates the rights of the hearer as well as those of the speaker. Frederick Douglass

It is easier to suppress the first desire than to satisfy all that follow it. Danish Proverb

Close letter words and terms

suppositum supposively supposure suppress the need to poop suppressable suppressal