inhibit
Verb
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Prohibit, forbid, or prevent from doing something (synset 200463563)
"Contact between the young was inhibited by strict social customs"
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Limit, block, or decrease the action or function of (synset 202456941)
"inhibit the action of the enzyme"; "inhibit the rate of a chemical reaction"referred to in:
- biological science, biology - the science that studies living organisms
- chemical science, chemistry - the science of matter; the branch of the natural sciences dealing with the composition of substances and their properties and reactions
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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: -
Make (someone) self-conscious and as a result unable to act naturally (synset 201794202)
"his father's cold and distant demeanor inhibited him emotionally"
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