suppress Definition

suppress
verb suppresses, suppressed, suppressing

1. To hold back or restrain (feelings, laughter, a yawn, etc).

Thesaurus: overcome, extinguish, smother, repress, stifle, quell, subdue, restrain; Antonym: encourage.
2. To put a stop to something.
3. To crush (eg a rebellion).

Thesaurus: crush, overcome, put down, quash, stifle, subdue; Antonym: incite.
4. To prevent (information, news, etc) from being broadcast, from circulating or from otherwise being made known.
5. To moderate or eliminate (interference) in an electrical device.
6. psychol.
To keep (a thought, memory, desire, etc) out of one's conscious mind. Compare repress.

Derivative: suppressible
adj

Derivative: suppressed
adj

Derivative: suppressedly
adverb

Derivative: suppression
noun

The action of crushing or putting a stop to something
Thesaurus: defeat, crackdown, prohibition, abolition.

Derivative: suppressive
adj

Derivative: suppressively
adverb

Etymology: 14c: from Latin supprimere, suppressum to restrain, from premere to press down.