suppress

Syllabification: (sup·press)

Pronunciation: /səˈpres/

Definition of suppress

[with object]

forcibly put an end to:the uprising 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

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

Spell suppress with a double p and a double s.

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