1
as in to stifle
to keep from being publicly known
the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident
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2
as in to swallow
to refrain from openly showing or uttering
he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse suppressed her anger
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3
as in to halt
to hold back the normal growth of
pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth elsewhere
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as in to quell
to put a stop to (something) by the use of force
nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices
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as in to conceal
to keep secret or shut off from view
the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence
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Recent Examples of suppress
Other factors that may have suppressed the tsunami include seafloor characteristics, coastline attributes, and the interaction of waves.
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Foreign countries use price controls, rationing, and bureaucratic delays to artificially suppress spending on cutting-edge medicines.
—Jeffrey Gerrish, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Haspel has been linked to other efforts to suppress information about the intelligence community’s Russia investigation.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2025
The air force downed or suppressed 87.2% of all drones and 73% of missiles during June.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Marshall Shepherd, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2025
Foreign countries use price controls, rationing, and bureaucratic delays to artificially suppress spending on cutting-edge medicines.
—Jeffrey Gerrish, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Aug. 2025
Haspel has been linked to other efforts to suppress information about the intelligence community’s Russia investigation.
—Robert Schmad, The Washington Examiner, 1 Aug. 2025
The air force downed or suppressed 87.2% of all drones and 73% of missiles during June.
—David Brennan, ABC News, 1 Aug. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppress
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Further, whites used the threat of racist violence, tacitly approved by elites, to stifle efforts to empower the Black population.—
Time,
Time,
7 Aug. 2025
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That’s when, particularly in the tech space, incumbents have the greatest incentive to stifle new technologies.—
Rohan Goswami,
semafor.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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While the girl kicked and laughed, the water, stirred from its sleep, latched on to her ankle and then swallowed her whole.—
Tochi Eze
August 5,
Literary Hub,
5 Aug. 2025
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That’s a hard pill to swallow for any retailer, regardless of size.—
Kate Nishimura,
Sourcing Journal,
5 Aug. 2025
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The police temporarily halted the flight in order to locate the family members.—
Colson Thayer,
People.com,
7 Aug. 2025
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Economists, businesses and educators say that ending post-graduation OPT and STEM OPT would halt America’s best programs for attracting and retaining international talent.—
Stuart Anderson,
Forbes.com,
4 Aug. 2025
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The system is expected to hook around a large plume of African dust that has been quelling hurricane development for the past several weeks, Fox Weather Hurricane Specialist Bryan Norcross wrote on his blog, Hurricane Intel.—
David Schutz,
Sun Sentinel,
4 Aug. 2025
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America’s military establishment tried to quell the outrage with a piece in Harper’s by Henry Stimson, a retired Secretary of War.—
Jane Mayer,
New Yorker,
3 Aug. 2025
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Beyond medical interventions, many people with FFA use makeup and prosthetic hair pieces to conceal sparse and scarred parts.—
Helen Carefoot,
Flow Space,
6 Aug. 2025
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The trust premium that sustainability generates comes from transparency, not virtue concealed in spreadsheets.—
Solitaire Townsend,
Forbes.com,
5 Aug. 2025
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Roblox has drawn criticism for its failure to censor user content on its platform.—
Ross O'Keefe,
The Washington Examiner,
15 Aug. 2025
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Because reviews drag on endlessly, challenges can effectively censor a book, keeping it off shelves for months.—
Orlando Sentinel,
The Orlando Sentinel,
8 Aug. 2025
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Very few advocated for the kind of theocracy that eventually emerged and went on to repress all non-Islamists.—
Arash Azizi,
The Atlantic,
5 Aug. 2025
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Jiang Zemin quietly arrived in Beijing in the middle of the protests to succeed Zhao, in part because party elites saw Jiang as someone who was ideologically palatable to all sides but a hard-liner on repressing protest.—
TYLER JOST,
Foreign Affairs,
4 Aug. 2025
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The transit systems that give independence to hundreds of thousands of people living with disabilities will be severely diminished.—
Karen Tamley,
Chicago Tribune,
13 Aug. 2025
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Rather than diminishing us, this should decentralize our ego.—
Dax Grant,
Forbes.com,
13 Aug. 2025
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“Suppress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppress. Accessed 21 Aug. 2025.
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