suppressed

[US]/sə'prɛst/
Frequency: Very High

Translation

vt. keep under control, stop or prohibit

Phrases & Collocations

feeling suppressed

emotionally suppressed

voice suppressed

thoughts suppressed

freedom suppressed

Example Sentences

suppressed an urge to laugh.

the uprising was suppressed with abominable cruelty.

the suppressed prologue to Women in Love.

his voice was rough with barely suppressed fury.

use of the drug suppressed the immune response.

The troops suppressed the rebellion by firing on the mob.

Each nation suppressed news that was not favorable to it.

There was a look of suppressed anger on his face.

The nation seethed with suppressed revolutionary activity.

The new government quickly suppressed the rebellion.

They suppressed news that was not favourable to them.

He suppressed his name.

The disloyal thought was instantly suppressed.

her mouth twitching with suppressed amusement;

she bit her lip, writhing in suppressed fury.

referred to the crowded prison as a tinderbox of suppressed violence.

suppressed her anger; threw a book in a fit of anger.

The thought may have been apropos, but I suppressed its expression out of consideration of their feelings. irrelevant

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