To suppress something means to curb, inhibit, or even stop it. If the sound of your boss moving in his chair sounds like gas, you’re going to have to learn how to suppress your giggles.
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Verb
to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one''s desires"
Verb
put out of one''s consciousness
Verb
keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
Verb
control and refrain from showing; of emotions
Verb
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one''s authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
v. t.
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to
quell.
v. t.
To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
v. t.
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.
v. t.
To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as,
to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
Suppress
Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger.2.
She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense.4.
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Usage Examples
Moreover, the practical recommendations deduced from ecological principles threaten the vested interests of commerce it is hardly surprising that the financial and political power created by these investments should be used sometimes to suppress environmental impact studies.
We have convinced over one billion members of the Islamic faith that we are prejudiced against their religion, that we would deny them freedom of religion, that we want suppress their culture and invade their governments.
Since Castro took power, the Cuban people have been denied basic human freedoms. No freedom of religion, no freedom of the press, no political freedom. And the regime uses brutality and violence to suppress these freedoms and impose its will.
I think we're all good and bad, but good's not funny. Bad is funny. Suppress the good and let the bad out, and then you can be funny.
A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
Indiscriminate firing by police on people is absolute barbarism. Instead of solving their problems, the government is trying to suppress the people by force.
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Other Usage ExamplesModern morality and manners suppress all natural instincts, keep people ignorant of the facts of nature and make them fighting drunk on bogey tales.
When we consistently suppress and distrust our intuitive knowingness, looking instead for authority, validation, and approval from others, we give our personal power away.
Society has taught us to suppress certain things and not do certain things.
If you suppress grief too much, it can well redouble.
Ideas are only lethal if you suppress and don't discuss them. Ignorance is not bliss, it's stupid. Banning books shows you don't trust your kids to think and you don't trust yourself to be able to talk to them.
Books and all forms of writing are terror to those who wish to suppress the truth.
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