'Suppress' definitions:
Definition of 'suppress'
(from WordNet)
verb
To put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires" [syn: suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb]
verb
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress, suppress, crush]
verb
Control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior [syn: inhibit, bottle up, suppress]
verb
Put out of one's consciousness [syn: suppress, repress]
verb
Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
Definition of 'Suppress'
From: GCIDE
- Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppressing.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press.]
- 1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. [1913 Webster]
- Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir J. Davies. [1913 Webster]
- 2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott. [1913 Webster]
- 3. 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. [1913 Webster]
- She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. --Broome. [1913 Webster]
- 4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'suppress'
From: Moby 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