suppressing

sup•press v. [~ + object]

to put an end to the activities of (a person, group, etc.):The government suppressed any movement toward democracy.
Psychiatryto hold back deliberately (an impulse or action):He had a hard time suppressing his anger.
to keep (a thought, memory, etc.) out of conscious awareness:I think you're suppressing your feelings of hostility.
to withhold (evidence, a book, etc.) or keep back from public knowledge:The president's office suppressed the release of those figures.
to stop or arrest (a cough, hemorrhage, etc.):to suppress a cough.

sup•pres•sant, n. [countable]The doctor gave you a cough suppressant.
sup•pres•sion n. [uncountable]See -press-.

sup•press v.t.

to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.):to suppress the Communist party.
to do away with by or as by authority; abolish;
stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
Psychiatryto keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.);
quell;
crush.
Electricityto reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.

Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent. to sup- sup- + pressus (see press¹)
late Middle English suppressen 1375–1425

sup•pressed•ly adv. sup•press′i•ble, adj.
sup•pres′sive, adj.
sup•pres′sive•ly, adv.
sup•pres′sor, sup•press′er, n.

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suppress /səˈprɛs/ vb (transitive)

to put an end to; prohibit
to hold in check; restrain: I was obliged to suppress a smile
to withhold from circulation or publication: to suppress seditious pamphlets
to stop the activities of; crush: to suppress a rebellion
- to reduce or eliminate (unwanted oscillations) in a circuit
- to eliminate (a particular frequency or group of frequencies) in a signal
- to resist consciously (an idea or a desire entering one's mind)
- to exercise self-control by preventing the expression of (certain desires) Compare repress

Etymology: 14th Century: from Latin suppressus held down, from supprimere to restrain, from sub- down + premere to presssupˈpressible adj

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