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as in covered (up)
to keep from being publicly known
the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident
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as in stifled
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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as in halted
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 quelled
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 concealed
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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as in repressed
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Recent Examples of suppressed
Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
The autocratic czarist regime ruled with an iron hand and suppressed opposition through censorship, banishment, and executions.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
This original blaze that Rinderknecht allegedly started was known as the Lachman Fire, and it was quickly suppressed.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
The Onondagas support plans announced by the mayor of Syracuse in 2020 to remove the statue of Columbus, an Italian explorer who helped the Spanish establish a colonial foothold in the Caribbean and later suppressed revolts by Indigenous people.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
The defense also argued that evidence recovered from the backpack Mangione was carrying when he was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s should be suppressed.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Some jurisdictions do not have data; or have suppressed data due to low enrollment.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Major evidence, including the alleged murder weapon, was suppressed as a result.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
Too long submerged in suppressed grief, Zilpha now came up from its depth like any swimmer stroking toward light and sweet air.
—Annie Proulx, New Yorker, 10 Aug. 2025
Adjective
However, these cells are normally suppressed by testosterone and kept in check by the body’s overall hormone balance.
—Dr. Jamin Brahmbhatt, CNN Money, 26 Oct. 2025
The autocratic czarist regime ruled with an iron hand and suppressed opposition through censorship, banishment, and executions.
—Karl Ove Knausgaard, New Yorker, 21 Oct. 2025
The Secret Commonwealth is the condemnation of a world where imagination—not making things up, but a way of seeing, understanding, feeling the world—is suppressed by the dual forces of cold rationality and religious fundamentalisms that breed authoritarianism.
—Literary Hub, 17 Oct. 2025
This original blaze that Rinderknecht allegedly started was known as the Lachman Fire, and it was quickly suppressed.
—Jodi Guglielmi, Rolling Stone, 15 Oct. 2025
The Onondagas support plans announced by the mayor of Syracuse in 2020 to remove the statue of Columbus, an Italian explorer who helped the Spanish establish a colonial foothold in the Caribbean and later suppressed revolts by Indigenous people.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 11 Oct. 2025
The defense also argued that evidence recovered from the backpack Mangione was carrying when he was arrested at a Pennsylvania McDonald’s should be suppressed.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 11 Oct. 2025
Some jurisdictions do not have data; or have suppressed data due to low enrollment.
—Erika Edwards, NBC news, 10 Oct. 2025
Major evidence, including the alleged murder weapon, was suppressed as a result.
—Ryan Murphy, IndyStar, 9 Oct. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppressed
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Moving guys on and off the field delayed Dowdle’s impact and stifled Hubbard’s opportunity for beat-by-beat momentum.—
DIAMOND VENCES,
Charlotte Observer,
26 Oct. 2025
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Its key interest rate is at 17 percent, but between October 2024 and June 2025, it was set at 21 percent to curb inflation, prompting criticism from business leaders that this rate stifled investment.—
Brendan Cole,
MSNBC Newsweek,
22 Oct. 2025
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Under the ceasefire accord, Hamas released all living hostages in return for nearly 2,000 Palestinian prisoners and wartime detainees, while Israel pulled back its troops, halted its offensive and increased aid into the enclave.—
USA Today,
USA Today,
30 Oct. 2025
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If funding lapses, the USDA can only use existing funds, and once these funds are depleted, SNAP payments to 42 million Americans could be halted until Congress acts.—
MSNBC Newsweek,
MSNBC Newsweek,
30 Oct. 2025
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The attorney for Illinois countered that the situation on the ground, specifically at Broadview, had been quelled by state police after restrictions on protest hours were instituted.—
Connor Greene,
Time,
23 Oct. 2025
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The ensuing years of widespread speculation, meme coins, volatility, and the fall of Sam Bankman-Fried’s FTX quelled any remaining enthusiasm.—
Kim Velsey,
Curbed,
17 Oct. 2025
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Beyond the housing units that concealed this bloody event, a truck rumbled along the road, a basketball bounced, children squealed, the sounds foreign, from another world.—
Lizz Schumer,
PEOPLE,
29 Oct. 2025
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Prosecutors also alleged Friday that between December 2024 and September 2025, Blain destroyed or concealed city communications that were public records subject to disclosure under the California Public Records Act.—
Susan Gill Vardon,
San Diego Union-Tribune,
26 Oct. 2025
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In Coldwater, Walking Dead star Lincoln returns to British screens as a repressed man who moves to a backwater Scottish village and strikes up a friendship with his next door neighbor Tommy (Ewen Bremner).—
Jesse Whittock,
Deadline,
27 Oct. 2025
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Like Freud’s return of the repressed.—
Lucinda Rosenfeld,
New Yorker,
25 Oct. 2025
Verb
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There have also been plenty of trade rumors regarding Brown that seemed to be silenced.—
James Brizuela,
MSNBC Newsweek,
24 Oct. 2025
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But last week the Browns silenced the receiver, limiting him to one catch for 15 yards.—
Omar Kelly
October 24,
Miami Herald,
24 Oct. 2025
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When it was established in 1940, GSMNP swallowed up several communities, and the ruins of tiny timber towns can still be found.—
Graham Averill,
Outside,
28 Oct. 2025
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Consuelos, 54, plays billionaire Tripp Houser in the show, who was saved by Hen after he was swallowed by a whale, and in return, sent her and Athena into space.—
Julia Moore,
PEOPLE,
24 Oct. 2025
Verb
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Rainfall has diminished across Jamaica.—
MIAMI HERALD HURRICANE BOT,
Miami Herald,
29 Oct. 2025
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However, the 26-year-old’s potential never materialized, leaving Vrabel to explain in late August why White’s role had diminished late in training camp.—
Doug Kyed,
Boston Herald,
28 Oct. 2025
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“Suppressed.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppressed. Accessed 1 Nov. 2025.
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