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as in to stifle
to keep from being publicly known
the government tried to suppress the truth about that incident
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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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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
This group includes patients undergoing cancer treatment, transplant recipients and individuals taking immune-suppressing medications.
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
This original blaze that Rinderknecht allegedly started was known as the Lachman Fire, and it was quickly suppressed.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2018, Ortega broke new ground in Latin American politics by lethally suppressing mostly peaceful protests with police and paramilitary forces.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
By targeting this natural control pathway rather than blocking specific immune signals like many current treatments do, obefazimod aims to control disease activity without broadly suppressing the immune system, potentially leading to fewer side effects and more sustained symptom relief.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 8 Oct. 2025
This original blaze that Rinderknecht allegedly started was known as the Lachman Fire, and it was quickly suppressed.
—Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 8 Oct. 2025
In 2018, Ortega broke new ground in Latin American politics by lethally suppressing mostly peaceful protests with police and paramilitary forces.
—Tim Brinkhof, JSTOR Daily, 8 Oct. 2025
By targeting this natural control pathway rather than blocking specific immune signals like many current treatments do, obefazimod aims to control disease activity without broadly suppressing the immune system, potentially leading to fewer side effects and more sustained symptom relief.
—New Atlas, 7 Oct. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for suppress
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Many of the games in the series have been blowouts, and Boise State jumped to a 10-0 lead Saturday night while stifling New Mexico’s offense, which had one first down in the first quarter.—
Jim Keyser,
Idaho Statesman,
12 Oct. 2025
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Denver’s defense remained stifling even when it was put in unfavorable situations.—
The Athletic NFL Staff,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Passing gas, also known as flatulence, is a natural part of digestion that happens when swallowed air or gases produced by gut bacteria move through your intestines and out of your body.—
Christopher Bergland,
Verywell Health,
7 Oct. 2025
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Don’t swallow water while swimming in lakes, rivers, or pools.—
Brandi Jones,
Health,
5 Oct. 2025
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This time, the game was halted and rescheduled, a sharp contrast to the league’s handling of King’s earlier incident.—
Melanie Anzidei,
New York Times,
11 Oct. 2025
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The Aggies are 5-1 overall, not counting an opening-night game against Mercer in the FCS Kickoff Classic in Alabama that was halted because of nearby lightning strikes with the Aggies leading 23-17 in the fourth quarter.—
Joe Davidson,
Sacbee.com,
11 Oct. 2025
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The large police presence, with a handful of riot vans positioned between the protestors and the stadium entrance, quelled any threat of violence until a small flashpoint close to half-time — tear gas was briefly used to disperse activists who attempted to break through police barricades.—
Philip Buckingham,
New York Times,
12 Oct. 2025
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Those deployments provoked more protests, which, in turn, fuelled the Administration’s claims that troops are needed to quell them.—
Jeannie Suk Gersen,
New Yorker,
12 Oct. 2025
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The creamy, ultra-pigmented formula contains caffeine and hyaluronic acid to depuff the under eyes, conceal dark under eye circles, and blur fine lines and wrinkles.—
Alicia Geigel,
Southern Living,
6 Oct. 2025
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Some incarcerated men even accused officers of sending people to the SHU to conceal their own abuses.—
Jennifer Gonnerman,
New Yorker,
6 Oct. 2025
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Marighella was shown in Berlin in 2019, but was censored in Brazil.—
Baz Bamigboye,
Deadline,
10 Oct. 2025
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Libraries and schools that are removing and restricting books for partisan or ideological reasons are censoring them.—
Anna Kaufman,
USA Today,
9 Oct. 2025
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Critics, though, have argued that these efforts are serving to distract from the country’s record of repressing free speech and dissent, as well as human rights violations, which have been widely reported.—
Marni Rose McFall,
MSNBC Newsweek,
3 Oct. 2025
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If the past offers any guide, however, Havana will instead continue to rely on its formidable security apparatus to repress is citizens, while privatizing in ways that do not threaten the power and privileges of the elite.—
Joseph J. Gonzalez,
The Conversation,
3 Oct. 2025
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Their patches of habitat and their water sources are diminishing; their feeding timeline has grown increasingly erratic, and more barricades are being built all the time, limiting their freedom of movement.—
Ganesh Marín,
The Dial,
7 Oct. 2025
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And another sign the perception is of a Panthers team diminished.—
Miami Herald,
Miami Herald,
7 Oct. 2025
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“Suppress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppress. Accessed 13 Oct. 2025.
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