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• v  put down by force or intimidation
• v  conceal or hide
• v  put out of one's consciousness
• v  block the action of

• And then there's the universal explanation for escapism: "In the real world, in Korea, you have to repress your drives and hidden desires.
• He insisted that all Zen followers are devils, and he justified militancy and even violence to defend his sect and to repress rival organizations.
• I think the biggest difference in an Asian family is going to be the expectation that a female be deferential to men and really repress the expression of negative feelings.

• quash
• keep down
• subdue
• subjugate
• reduce
• smother
• stifle
• strangle
• muffle
• suppress

News & Articles

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• Should Snowden take Assange’s advice to head for Latin America?
  Analysis: WikiLeaker Julian Assange finds refuge in a South American country’s embassy. But the region’s repressive regimes would vex PRISM leaker Edward Snowden.
  June 13, 2013 - GlobalPost
• Should Snowden take Assange’s advice to head for Latin America?
  Analysis: WikiLeaker Julian Assange finds refuge in a South American country’s embassy. But the region’s repressive regimes would vex PRISM leaker Edward Snowden.
  June 13, 2013 - GlobalPost
• Movies in Brief
  Movies in Brief The once-formidable director M. Night Shyamalan tries to regain his cred with this science-fiction thriller about a father and son (played by Will Smith and his son, Jaden) who crash land on Earth 1,000 years after it was abandoned by mankind. Smith plays a great general, renowned for his ability to repress all fear — of monsters, space shipwrecks, even bad sci fi. A Will Smith ...
  June 12, 2013 - Albany Times Union

Quotes

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• Donald Rumsfeld in BBC News
  Insurgencies tend to go on five, six, eight, 10, 12 years. Foreign forces are not going to repress that insurgency,Mr Rumsfeld said.
• Richard Gere in International Herald Tribune
  They've been brutally repressed for 50 years, 55 years, close to six decades,Gere told CNN. "When you repress the people, they will explode. All people will explode."
• Fernando Lugo in guardian.co.uk
  In a speech, Lugo said the military will "never again ...... be used to repress or harass" the people.