repress

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verb

1. put down by force or intimidation (Freq. 2)
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
- China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
- The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
• Syn:
quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
• Derivationally related forms:
subduer (for: subdue), repressive, repression
• Hypernyms:
oppress, suppress, crush
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
2. conceal or hide
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
• Syn:
smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
• Derivationally related forms:
stifler (for: stifle), stifling (for: stifle), smotherer (for: smother)
• Hypernyms:
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
3. put out of one's consciousness
• Syn:
suppress
• Derivationally related forms:
suppression (for: suppress)
• Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
• Hypernyms:
forget, bury
• Hyponyms:
swallow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
4. block the action of
• Hypernyms:
change
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something

• Từ đồng nghĩa / Synonyms:
  suppress, smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce