What does suppress mean?
Definitions for suppress
səˈprɛssup·press
This dictionary definitions page includes all the possible meanings, example usage and translations of the word suppress.
Princeton's WordNet
suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb
to put down by force or authority
"suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
oppress, suppress, crushverb
come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
"The government oppresses political activists"
inhibit, bottle up, suppressverb
control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
suppress, repressverb
put out of one's consciousness
suppressverb
reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
"suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
Wiktionary
suppressverb
To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.
The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
suppressverb
To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
Etymology: From suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimo, from sub + premo.
Samuel Johnson's Dictionary
To SUPPRESSverb
Etymology: supprimo, suppressus, Lat. supprimer, Fr.
Glo’ster would have armour out of the Tower,
To crown himself king and suppress the prince. William Shakespeare, H. VI.Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. John Davies, on Ireland.
Sir William Herbert, with a well armed and ordered company, set sharply upon them; and oppressing some of the forwardest of them by death, suppressed the residue by fear. John Hayward.
Things not reveal’d, which th’ invisible King,
Only omniscient, hath suppress’d in night. John Milton.Still she suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense; and, in the very close of her speech, she indirectly mentions it. , Notes on the Odyssey.
Well did’st thou, Richard, to suppress thy voice;
For had the passions of thy heart burst out,
I fear we should have seen decypher’d there
More ranc’rous spight, more furious raging broils. William Shakespeare.
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suppress
Suppress generally means to prevent or inhibit something from happening, developing, or being expressed. This could involve controlling, restraining, or curbing an action, emotion, or physical response. It may also refer to the act of forcibly putting an end to something, such as a protest or rebellion.
Webster Dictionary
Suppressverb
to overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell
Suppressverb
to keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile
Suppressverb
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
Suppressverb
to stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
Suppress
sup-pres′, v.t. to crush, put down: to keep in: to retain or conceal: to stop, restrain.—adv. Suppress′edly.—ns. Suppress′er, Suppress′or.—adj. Suppress′ible.—ns. Suppres′sion, act of suppressing: stoppage: concealment; Suppres′sionist, one who supports suppression.—adj. Suppress′ive, tending to suppress: subduing. [L. supprimĕre, suppressum—sub, under, premĕre, to press.]
Military Dictionary and Gazetteer
suppress
To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell; to destroy; as, the troops suppressed the rebellion.
British National Corpus
Verbs Frequency
Rank popularity for the word 'suppress' in Verbs Frequency: #907
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Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of suppress in Chaldean Numerology is: 2
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of suppress in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7
Examples of suppress in a Sentence
When state governments rig the voting rules to suppress the voting power of their opponents, there are measurable decreases in public health and policy outcomes that affect everyone.
We know that habits are hard to suppress on their own, often the most effective way to unlearn a habit is to replace it with a new one.
Instead of looking at the election results from 2020 and saying they need new ideas or better ideas to win more votes, The President and The President supporters have decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your vote and subvert our elections.
Right now, in state after state, new laws are being written -- not to protect the vote, but to deny it ; not only to suppress the vote, but to subvert it ; not to strengthen or protect our democracy, but because The President lost, instead of looking at the election results from 2020 and saying they need new ideas or better ideas to win more votes, The President and The President supporters have decided the only way for them to win is to suppress your vote and subvert our elections.
Without understanding the historical facts, we will not be able to move on, the Chinese government is trying to suppress it because they don't want their wrong deeds be remembered by the people.
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