Suppress

Verb

 * 1) To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.
 * The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
 * 1) 🇺🇸 To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.

Related terms

 * suppression
 * suppressor

Adverbs for Suppress
silently; insidiously; traitorously; ruthlessly; undemocratically; viciously; vindictively; overtly; covertly; rigorously; generally; summarily; studiously; tyrannically.

Thesaurus
abate, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, annihilate, arrest, asphyxiate, assuage, attemper, ban, bank the fire, bar, beat down, bend, black out, block, blunt, bottle up, break, break down, break the fall, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze, bully, castrate, cease, censor, chasten, check, choke, choke off, clamp down on, coerce, compel, conceal, conquer, constrain, control, cork, cork up, countercheck, cover up, cow, crack down on, crush, curb, cushion, cut off, dam up, damp, damp down, dampen, daunt, de-emphasize, deaden, debar, delay, deny, despotize, detain, diminish, disallow, discontinue, domineer, domineer over, downplay, drown, dull, dwarf, embargo, end, enjoin, enslave, exclude, exclude from, extenuate, extinguish, fell, flatten, forbid, gag, grind, grind down, halt, henpeck, hide, hinder, hold back, hold down, hold in, hold in check, hold up, hugger-mugger, humble, humiliate, hush, hush up, hush-hush, impede, inhibit, intercept, interdict, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene, intimidate, jump on, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in, keep in check, keep quiet, keep secret, keep under, keep under control, keep within bounds, kill, lay, lenify, lessen, lighten, lock in, lord it over, maintain, master, meddle, mitigate, moderate, modulate, muffle, mute, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct, obtund, offset, oppose, oppress, outlaw, overawe, overbear, overmaster, override, overwhelm, palliate, play down, pour water on, preclude, preserve, press heavy on, prevent, prohibit, proscribe, prostrate, put, put down, put out, quash, quell, quench, quiet, reduce, reduce the temperature, refuse, reject, repress, resist, restrain, retain, retard, ride down, ride over, ride roughshod over, rule out, save, save up, say no to, scotch, set back, show consideration, show mercy, show pity, shush, shut down on, shut out, silence, sit down on, sit on, slacken, slow down, smash, smother, snub, snuff out, sober, sober down, soften, soften the blow, squash, squelch, stamp out, stanch, stifle, stop, strangle, stultify, subdue, subjugate, sublimate, suffocate, taboo, tame, temper, terminate, terrorize, throttle, tone down, trample down, trample out, trample underfoot, trample upon, tread down, tread underfoot, tread upon, tune down, tyrannize, tyrannize over, underplay, unman, vanquish, walk all over, walk over, weaken, weigh heavy on, withhold

Etymology
From suppressus:, perfect passive participle of supprimo:, from sub: + premo:.

Translations

 * Arabic: (qámaʕa)
 * Chinese: 壓抑, 压抑 (yāyì)
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 * French:, ,
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 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Korean: 누르다 (nureuda), 억압하다 (eogAphada)
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian: подавлять
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: undertrycka

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