What does suppress mean?
Definitions for suppress
səˈprɛssup·press
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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.
Etymology: From suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimo, from sub + premo.
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.
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.
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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
The reason that we're updating the guidance is that WHO continuously looks at all available evidence on a variety of topics -- including how this virus is transmitted, how different masks are used in different settings, including health care facilities and outside of health care facilities, what we've done is we're incorporating new research findings and we are providing more practical advice to decision-makers on how to use masks as part of a comprehensive package of measures to suppress transmission and save lives.
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.
This is the way, psychologically, we are set up to handle stress, well, in some instances, that's good. Imagine we spend our whole lives thinking about dying — that wouldn't be fun. So we suppress it.
Of course, all of this is completely unnecessary. We don't have to go through this, we're going through it because we're just not doing the basic stuff that we need to do to suppress the virus.
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, it's wrong, it's undemocratic and, frankly, it's un-American.
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