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Repress

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Definitions for Repress

verb
put down by force or intimidation
Synonyms
quash keep down subdue subjugate reduce
Examples
  1. The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
  2. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
  3. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
verb
impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
verb
suppress in order to conceal or hide
Synonyms
smother stifle strangle muffle
Examples
  1. smother a yawn
  2. muffle one's anger
  3. strangle a laugh
  4. repress a cry of fear
verb
put out of one's consciousness
Synonyms
suppress
verb
block the action of
Examples
  1. the process of repressing gene transcription";

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