suppress

 
Pronunciation: /səˈprɛs/

verb

[with object]
  • forcibly put an end to: the rising was savagely suppressed
  • prevent the development, action, or expression of (a feeling, impulse, idea, etc.); restrain: she could not suppress a rising panic
  • prevent the dissemination of (information): the report had been suppressed
  • prevent or inhibit (a process or reaction): use of the drug suppressed the immune response
  • partly or wholly eliminate (electrical interference).
  • Psychoanalysis consciously inhibit (an unpleasant idea or memory) to avoid considering it.

Derivatives

suppressible

adjective

suppressive

adjective

suppressor

noun

Origin:

late Middle English: from Latin suppress- 'pressed down', from the verb supprimere, from sub- 'down' + premere 'to press'

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