repress

Verb
  1. Put down by force or intimidation (synset 202428975)
    "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
    is a type of: crush, oppress, suppress - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
    same as: keep down, quash, reduce, subdue, subjugate
  2. Impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of (synset 202457192)
    is a type of: hinder, impede - be a hindrance or obstacle to
  3. Suppress in order to conceal or hide (synset 201571411)
    "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
    is a type of: bottle up, inhibit, suppress - consciously restrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
    same as: muffle, smother, stifle, strangle
  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: suppress
  5. Block the action of (synset 200587675)
    "the process of repressing gene transcription"
    is a type of: change - undergo a change; become different in essence; losing one's or its original nature

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