suppress
1. to put down by force or authority (Freq. 4)
- suppress a nascent uprising
- stamp down on littering
- conquer one's desires
• Syn:
stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
• Derivationally related forms:
conqueror (for: conquer), conquering (for: conquer), subduer (for: subdue), inhibition (for: inhibit), suppressive, suppression, suppresser, suppressor
• Hypernyms:
control, hold in, hold, contain, check,
curb, moderate
• Hyponyms:
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
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
- Something ----s something
2. control and refrain from showing;
of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior (Freq. 1)
• Syn:
inhibit, bottle up
• Derivationally related forms:
suppression
• Hypernyms:
restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
• Hyponyms:
restrain, keep, keep back, hold back, quench, choke
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
3. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority (Freq. 1)
- The government oppresses political activists
• Syn:
oppress, crush
• Derivationally related forms:
crushing (for: crush), suppressive, suppression, suppresser, oppressive (for: oppress), oppression (for: oppress), oppressor (for: oppress)
• Hyponyms:
repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Something ----s somebody
4. put out of one's consciousness
• Syn:
repress
• Derivationally related forms:
suppression
• Topics:
psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine
• Hypernyms:
forget, bury
• Hyponyms:
swallow
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Somebody ----s somebody
- Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
5. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
- suppress a yawn
- this drug can suppress the hemorrhage
• Hypernyms:
decrease, lessen, minify
• Verb Frames:
- Somebody ----s something
- Something ----s something
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