Thesaurus
suppress
verb
Synonyms and Antonyms of SUPPRESS
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to refrain from openly showing or uttering <he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead body> <suppressed her anger>
Synonyms choke (back), hold back, pocket, repress, sink, smother, stifle, strangle, submerge, swallow
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to put a stop to (something) by the use of force <nothing could suppress the rising tide of protest against the dictator's latest injustices>
Synonyms clamp down (on), crack down (on), crush, put down, quash, repress, silence, slap down, snuff (out), squash, squelch, subdue, suppress
Related Words douse (also dowse), extinguish, put out, quench; smother, stifle, strangle, throttle; annihilate, decimate, demolish, desolate, destroy, devastate, nuke, rub out, ruin, smash, waste, wreck; exterminate, obliterate, wipe out; conquer, dominate, overcome, overpower, overwhelm, subdue, subjugate, vanquish
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to keep secret or shut off from view <the defense attorney is openly accusing the prosecutor of attempting to suppress vital evidence>
Synonyms belie, blanket, blot out, cloak, conceal, cover, curtain, disguise, enshroud, mask, obscure, occult, paper over, screen, shroud, suppress, veil
Related Words bury, camouflage, cover (up), smother; gild, gloss (over), varnish, whitewash; becloud, bedim, befog, block, cloud, darken, eclipse, obstruct, occlude, overcast, overshadow, shade
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