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| abate |
in law, to suppress or annul. [1/3 definitions] |
| bottle up |
to restrain or suppress. [1/2 definitions] |
| burke |
to suppress quietly. [1/2 definitions] |
| crush |
to suppress, oppress, or defeat decisively. [1/11 definitions] |
| elide |
to pass over, ignore, or suppress. [1/2 definitions] |
| gulp |
to suppress (an utterance) by or as if by swallowing. [1/5 definitions] |
| hush |
to keep from public awareness or knowledge; suppress (often fol. by "up"). [1/6 definitions] |
| immunosuppressive |
of drugs, tending to suppress the natural immune response. |
| inquisition |
(cap.) a former agency of the Roman Catholic Church that investigated heresy and attempted to suppress it, esp. by violent means. [1/5 definitions] |
| irrepressible |
impossible to restrain, suppress, or keep under control. |
| quash1 |
to subdue or suppress forcefully and decisively. |
| quell |
to overpower or suppress with force; put down; quash. [1/2 definitions] |
| quench |
to suppress or overcome. [1/3 definitions] |
| slap down |
to prohibit, suppress, or put an end to by, or as though by, a slap or sharp criticism. |
| smother |
to suppress or cover up. [1/8 definitions] |
| squash1 |
to suppress, reject, or defeat utterly. [1/8 definitions] |
| stamp |
to put out, crush, or suppress by or as if by moving the foot in such a manner (usu. fol. by "out"). [1/15 definitions] |
| steamroller |
to suppress or defeat by overwhelming power; crush. [1/5 definitions] |
| strangle |
to prevent the development, growth, or action of; stifle or suppress. [1/3 definitions] |
| suffocate |
to suppress the development or expression of. [1/6 definitions] |
| swallow1 |
to force oneself to refrain from expressing (an emotional reaction or the like); suppress. [1/8 definitions] |
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