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suppress

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Main Entry:
sup·press Listen to the pronunciation of suppress
Pronunciation:
\sə-ˈpres\
Function:
transitive verb
1: to exclude from consciousness <suppressed anxiety>2: to restrain from a usual course or action <suppress a cough>3: inhibit 2 <suppresses the human immune response — Josie Glausiusz>; especially : to inhibit the genetic expression of <suppress a mutation>
— sup·press·ibil·i·ty \-ˌpres-ə-ˈbil-ət-ē\ Listen to the pronunciation of suppressibility noun, plural sup·press·ibil·i·ties
— sup·press·ible \-ˈpres-ə-bəl\ Listen to the pronunciation of suppressible adjective
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