1. (v.t.)suppress to put an end to the activities of (a person, group, etc.).
2. suppress to do away with by or as if by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
3. suppress to inhibit (an impulse or action) consciously.
4. suppress to withhold from disclosure or publication (evidence, a book, etc.).
5. suppress to stop or arrest (a cough, hemorrhage, etc.).
6. suppress to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush.
7. suppress to keep (a thought, memory, etc.) out of conscious awareness.
Etymology: (1375–1425; late ME < L suppressus, ptp. of supprimere to press down =sup-sup - +-primere, comb. form of
Definition of 'suppress'
Princeton's WordNet
1. (verb)suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb to put down by force or authority "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
2. (verb)oppress, suppress, crush come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority "The government oppresses political activists"
3. (verb)inhibit, bottle up, suppress control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
4. (verb)suppress, repress put out of one's consciousness
5. (verb)suppress reduce the incidence or severity of or stop "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
Definition of 'suppress'
Webster Dictionary
1. (verb)suppress to overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell
2. (verb)suppress to keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile
3. (verb)suppress 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
4. (verb)suppress to stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage
Definitions of suppress 
Afrikaans: onderdruk
Arabic: يَقْمَع، يُخْمِد
Bulgarian: потушавам
Brazilian: reprimir
Czech: potlačit
German: unterdrücken
Danish: undertrykke; standse
Greek: καταπνίγω
Spanish: reprimir
Estonian: maha suruma
Farsi: سركوب كردن
Finnish: nujertaa
French: réprimer
Hebrew: לְדַכֵּא
Hindi: दबाना, दमन करना
Croatian: ugušiti, savladati
Hungarian: elnyom
Indonesian: menghentikan
Icelandic: bæla niður; stöðva
Italian: reprimere
Japanese: 鎮圧する
Korean: 진압하다
Lithuanian: numalšinti
Latvian: apspiest
Malay: menumpaskan
Dutch: onderdrukken
Norwegian: undertrykke, sette en sto
Polish: stłumić
Persian: سركوب كردن
Pashto: سرکوب کول، ماته ورکول
Portuguese: reprimir
Romanian: a reprima
Russian: подавлять
Slovak: potlačiť
Slovenian: zatreti
Serbian: ugušiti
Swedish: undertrycka, kuva, slå ne
Thai: หยุดยั้ง; ปราบปราม
Turkish: bastırmak
Taiwanese: 鎮壓，平定
Ukrainian: придушувати
Urdu: شکست دینا یا روکنا
Vietnamese: đàn áp, chặn
Chinese: 镇压，平定
