Suppress

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This word is acceptable for play in the US & UK dictionaries that are being used in the following games:

The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • v. To put an end to forcibly; subdue.
  • v. To curtail or prohibit the activities of.
  • v. To keep from being revealed, published, or circulated.
  • v. To deliberately exclude (unacceptable desires or thoughts) from the mind.
  • v. To inhibit the expression of (an impulse, for example); check: suppress a smile.
  • v. To reduce the incidence or severity of (a hemorrhage or cough, for example); arrest.
  • Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
  • v. To hold in place, to keep low, to prevent publication.
  • v. To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
  • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • v. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
  • v. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent.
  • v. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of.
  • v. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of.
  • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • To overpower; subdue; put down; quell; crush; stamp out.
  • To restrain from utterance or vent; keep in; repress: as, to suppress a groan.
  • To withhold from disclosure; conceal; refuse or forbear to reveal; withhold from publication; withdraw from circulation, or prohibit circulation of: as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a letter; to suppress an article or a poem.
  • To hinder from passage or circulation; stop; stifle; smother.
  • To stop by remedial means; check; restrain: as, to suppress a diarrhea or a hemorrhage.
  • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • v. put out of one's consciousness
  • v. reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
  • v. come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  • v. control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior
  • v. to put down by force or authority
  • Verb Form
    Hypernym
    Words that are more generic or abstract
    minify    lessen    decrease   
    Cross Reference
    abolish    repress    murder   
    Hyponym
    subjugate    repress    subdue    keep down    quash    reduce   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    stop    repress    overpower    stifle    overthrow    restrain    smother    conceal    overwhelm    put down   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Bess    Es    Etess    Fs    Hess    Hesse    Ins    Jess    Les    Ness   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts