suppress
suh pres
- v to put down by force or authority
suppress a nascent uprising - 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 put out of one's consciousness
- v reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
suppress a yawn
this drug can suppress the hemorrhage
- Even when it has managed to suppress the current upsurge in anti-immigrant violence, the government faces a monumental challenge in transforming the poverty and despair that has .
- Cullen believes that a drug could be developed to block the microRNA that suppress HSV-1 into latency; once it's active, acyclovir can be used to destroy the virus permanently.
- Somehow, though, Jackie had the strength to suppress his instincts, to sacrifice his pride for his people's.