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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Suppressing.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere
     to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See
     Sub-, and Press.]
     1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make
              the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir
                                                    J. Davies.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
        suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal;
        to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
        suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a
              pleasing suspense.                    --Broome.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to
        suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower;
          overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.
          [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Suppress \Sup*press"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr.
     & vb. n. Suppressing.] [L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere
     to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See
     Sub-, and Press.]
     1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
  
              Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make
              the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. --Sir
                                                    J. Davies.
  
     2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
        suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. --Sir W. Scott.
  
     3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal;
        to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
        suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
  
              She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a
              pleasing suspense.                    --Broome.
  
     4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to
        suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
  
     Syn: To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower;
          overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  suppress
       v 1: to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent
            uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's
            desires" [syn: stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer,
             curb]
       2: come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority;
          "The government oppresses political activists" [syn: oppress,
           crush]
       3: control and refrain from showing; of emotions [syn: bottle
          up]
       4: keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep
          your temper"; "keep your cool" [syn: restrain, keep, keep
          back, hold back]
       5: put out of one's consciousness [syn: repress]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  suppress
     vb.
     1 To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to
  prohibit, subdue.
     2 To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
     3 (lb en psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
     4 To prevent publication.
     5 To stop a flow or stream.
     6 (lb en US legal) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it
  is improper or was improperly obtained.
     7 (lb en electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
     8 (lb en military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing
  unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  suppress
     vb.
     1 To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to
  prohibit, subdue.
     2 To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
     3 (lb en psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
     4 To prevent publication.
     5 To stop a flow or stream.
     6 (lb en US legal) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it
  is improper or was improperly obtained.
     7 (lb en electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
     8 (lb en military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing
  unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  suppress
     vb.
     1 To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to
  prohibit, subdue.
     2 To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
     3 (lb en psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
     4 To prevent publication.
     5 To stop a flow or stream.
     6 (lb en US legal) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it
  is improper or was improperly obtained.
     7 (lb en electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
     8 (lb en military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing
  unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  suppress
     vb.
     1 To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to
  prohibit, subdue.
     2 To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
     3 (lb en psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
     4 To prevent publication.
     5 To stop a flow or stream.
     6 (lb en US legal) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it
  is improper or was improperly obtained.
     7 (lb en electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
     8 (lb en military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing
  unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
     9 (lb en obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  suppress
     Englanti vb.
     vaimentaa, hiljentää, kukistaa, tukahduttaa, nujertaa, pidätellä
  (''myös psyykkisesti; ~ jokin ruumiintoiminto'')

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  suppress
     Engelska vb.
     1 stävja, undertrycka
     2 förtiga

From English-Afrikaans FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-afr ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/
  onderdruk

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Suppress /səpɹˈɛs/
  إقمع

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  suppress //səˈpɹɛs// 
  1. потискам 2.
  electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
   3.
  psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
   4.
  to put an end to
  2. сдържам
  to restrain an expression

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/ 
  potlačit

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/ 
  zakázat

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/ 
  zamlčet

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/ 
  zrušit

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/ 
  abstellen, abschaffen 
   see: suppressing, suppressed
  

From English - Modern Greek XDXF/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:eng-ell ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/
  
  καταπνίγω, αποκρύπτω, καταστέλλω

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  suppress //səˈpɹɛs// 
  1. sammuttaa, vaimentaa
  electronics: to reduce unwanted frequencies
  2. tukahduttaa 2.
  psychiatry: to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
   3.
  to put an end to
   4.
  to restrain an expression
  3. salata
  to prevent publication
  4. tukahduttaa, tyrehdyttää
  to stop a flow or stream

From English-French FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-fra ]

  suppress /səpres/
  1. réprimer
  2. étouffer, suffoquer

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/ 
  1. दबाना, दमन करना
        "Suppress your fear and go on with your work."

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/
  izostaviti, potiskivanje, savladati, suzbiti, ugušiti, uništiti, zakazati, zatajiti

From English-Italian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.2 :   [ freedict:eng-ita ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/
  1. opprimere
  2. soffocare

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  suppress //səˈpɹɛs// 
  抑える
  to hold in place, to keep low

From English-Dutch FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-nld ]

  suppress /səpres/
  1. onderdrukken, opkroppen, verdringen, verdrukken, verkroppen
  2. neerslaan, smoren, verstikken

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  suppress /səˈpres/ 
   1.  zdławiać, zduszać
   2.  powstrzymywać, zatajać

From English-Portuguese FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-por ]

  suppress /səpres/
  abafar, estrangular, sufocar

From English-Spanish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 :   [ freedict:eng-spa ]

  suppress /səpres/
  1. oprimir
  2. sofocar

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  suppress //səˈpɹɛs// 
  undertrycka
  to hold in place, to keep low

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  suppress /səpɹˈɛs/
  1. bastırmak, sindirmek
  2. önlemek, menetmek
  3. zapt etmek
  4. örtbas etmek, saklamak
  5. gizli tutmak
  6. durdurmak, kesmek. suppres'sion  baskı
  7. zapt etme, tutma
  8. bastırma, sindirme. suppres'sive  zapteden, tutan
  9. bastıran, sindirici.

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/səˈpɹɛs/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  239 Moby Thesaurus words for "suppress":
     abate, absorb the shock, allay, alleviate, annihilate, arrest,
     asphyxiate, assuage, attemper, ban, bank the fire, bar, beat down,
     bend, black out, block, blunt, bottle up, break, break down,
     break the fall, bring low, bring to terms, browbeat, bulldoze,
     bully, castrate, cease, censor, chasten, check, choke, choke off,
     clamp down on, coerce, compel, conceal, conquer, constrain,
     control, cork, cork up, countercheck, cover up, cow, crack down on,
     crush, curb, cushion, cut off, dam up, damp, damp down, dampen,
     daunt, de-emphasize, deaden, debar, delay, deny, despotize, detain,
     diminish, disallow, discontinue, domineer, domineer over, downplay,
     drown, dull, dwarf, embargo, end, enjoin, enslave, exclude,
     exclude from, extenuate, extinguish, fell, flatten, forbid, gag,
     grind, grind down, halt, henpeck, hide, hinder, hold back,
     hold down, hold in, hold in check, hold up, hugger-mugger, humble,
     humiliate, hush, hush up, hush-hush, impede, inhibit, intercept,
     interdict, interfere, intermeddle, interrupt, intervene,
     intimidate, jump on, keep, keep back, keep down, keep in,
     keep in check, keep quiet, keep secret, keep under,
     keep under control, keep within bounds, kill, lay, lenify, lessen,
     lighten, lock in, lord it over, maintain, master, meddle, mitigate,
     moderate, modulate, muffle, mute, muzzle, neutralize, obstruct,
     obtund, offset, oppose, oppress, outlaw, overawe, overbear,
     overmaster, override, overwhelm, palliate, play down,
     pour water on, preclude, preserve, press heavy on, prevent,
     prohibit, proscribe, prostrate, put, put down, put out, quash,
     quell, quench, quiet, reduce, reduce the temperature, refuse,
     reject, repress, resist, restrain, retain, retard, ride down,
     ride over, ride roughshod over, rule out, save, save up, say no to,
     scotch, set back, show consideration, show mercy, show pity, shush,
     shut down on, shut out, silence, sit down on, sit on, slacken,
     slow down, smash, smother, snub, snuff out, sober, sober down,
     soften, soften the blow, squash, squelch, stamp out, stanch,
     stifle, stop, strangle, stultify, subdue, subjugate, sublimate,
     suffocate, taboo, tame, temper, terminate, terrorize, throttle,
     tone down, trample down, trample out, trample underfoot,
     trample upon, tread down, tread underfoot, tread upon, tune down,
     tyrannize, tyrannize over, underplay, unman, vanquish,
     walk all over, walk over, weaken, weigh heavy on, withhold
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  v. 镇压,使...止住,禁止;

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     vt. 镇压,使止住,禁止,抑制,查禁

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