suppress

1. Bring under control by force or authority (synset 200463047)
   "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
   is a type of: check, contain, control, curb, hold, hold in, moderate - lessen the intensity of; temper; hold in restraint; hold or keep within limits
   subtypes:

   • choke back, choke down, choke off - suppress
   • hush, hush up, quieten, shut up, silence, still - cause to be quiet or not talk
   • burke - get rid of, silence, or suppress
   • silence - keep from expression, for example by threats or pressure
   • quell, quench, squelch - suppress or crush completely
   • quench - electronics: suppress (sparking) when the current is cut off in an inductive circuit, or suppress (an oscillation or discharge) in a component or device
   same as: conquer, stamp down, subdue
2. Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority (synset 202429499)
   "The government oppresses political activists"
   subtypes: keep down, quash, reduce, repress, subdue, subjugate - put down by force or intimidation
   same as: crush, oppress
3. Consciously restrain from showing;
   Of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior (synset 202428558)
   "suppress a smile"; "he let his anger bottle up until he exploded"
   subtypes:

   • dampen, stifle - suppress or constrain so as to lessen in intensity
   • muffle, repress, smother, stifle, strangle - suppress in order to conceal or hide
   • choke - check or slow down the action or effect of
   same as: bottle up, inhibit
4. Put out of one's consciousness (synset 200614373)
   referred to in: psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology - the branch of medicine dealing with the diagnosis and treatment of mental disorders
   is a type of: bury, forget - dismiss from the mind; stop remembering
   same as: repress
5. Lessen to the point of stopping (synset 200153784)
   "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"
   is a type of: decrease, lessen, minify - make smaller

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