suppress


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suppress
v. crush, stop by force, put down; repress, hold back, stifle; silence, prevent from being disclosed; block, arrest, check (i.e. a flow of blood, etc.)

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Suppression
Suppression may refer to:
  • Censorship, the suppression of public communication considered objectionable to the general body of people as determined by a government or media outlet
  • Suppression order a type of censorship where a court rules that certain information cannot be published
  • Oppression, the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner, also an act or instance of oppressing
  • Religious intolerance, intolerance against another's religious beliefs or practices by individuals, private groups, government agencies or the whole government
  • Suppression of dissent, occurs when an individual or group tries to censor, persecute or otherwise oppress the other party rather than communicate logically
  • Suppression of evidence, the act of preventing evidence from being shown in a trial
  • Thought suppression, the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain thoughts, associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder
  • Voter suppression, a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote

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suppress

Verb
1. to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
(synonym) stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
(hypernym) control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
(hyponym) wink, blink, blink away
(derivation) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
2. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
(synonym) oppress, crush
(hyponym) repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
(derivation) suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling
3. control and refrain from showing; of emotions
(synonym) bottle up
(hypernym) restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
(hyponym) choke
(derivation) suppression, curtailment
4. keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
(synonym) restrain, keep, keep back, hold back
(hypernym) prevent, keep
(hyponym) hold
(derivation) suppression, curtailment
5. put out of one's consciousness
(synonym) repress
(hypernym) forget, bury
(hyponym) swallow
(derivation) inhibition, suppression
(classification) psychiatry, psychopathology, psychological medicine


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suppress
v. zamlčet; potlačit; zakrýt

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suppress
Czas. tłumić; taić