suppress
[verb]
Synonyms:
- stop, check, conquer, crush, overpower, put an end to, quash, quell, subdue
- restrain, conceal, contain, curb, hold in or back, repress, silence, smother, stifle

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Contrasted words: disclose, divulge, leak, let out, reveal, broadcast, circulate, diffuse, publish, spread
Related Idioms: ride roughshod over, bring to naught, crack (or clamp) down on, put the kibosh on, put the lid on
Related Words: curb, restrain, arrest, check, interrupt, put down, slap down, quash, quell, squash, cut off, spike, abolish, annihilate, extinguish, repress, censor, silence, drown, swallow

[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲

sup‧press /səˈpres/ verb [transitive]
[Date: 1300-1400; Language: Latin; Origin: past participle of supprimere, from sub- ( ⇒ sub-) + premere 'to press']

1. to stop people from opposing the government, especially by using force:
The uprising was ruthlessly suppressed.

2. if important information or opinions are suppressed, people are prevented from knowing about them, even if they have a right to know:
The police were accused of suppressing evidence.

3. to stop yourself from showing your feelings:
Harry could scarcely suppress a smile.
suppressed anger

4. to prevent something from growing or developing, or from working effectively:
The virus suppresses the body’s immune system.
—suppressible adjective
—suppression /səˈpreʃən/ noun [uncountable]:
the suppression of opposition parties

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

suppress
verb
I. stop sth by using force
ADV. bloodily, brutally, ruthlessly, vigorously, violently A pro-democracy uprising was brutally suppressed.
VERB + SUPPRESS attempt to, seek to, try to | use sth to using violence to suppress opposition
PHRASES an attempt to suppress sth

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

suppress
II. stop sth from being seen/known
ADV. completely | effectively The medication effectively suppressed the pain.
deliberately This information had been deliberately suppressed.
systematically
VERB + SUPPRESS attempt to, seek to, try to
PHRASES an attempt to suppress sth

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲

suppress
III. stop yourself doing/expressing sth
ADV. firmly | hardly He could hardly suppress his surprise.
instantly The disloyal thought was instantly suppressed.
quickly
VERB + SUPPRESS be unable to, cannot/could not She was unable to suppress a giggle.
try to | manage to | be hard to
PHRASES barely suppressed Her face was charged with barely suppressed anger.

[TahlilGaran] Collocations Dictionary ▲