suppress
Keep from surfacing
To suppress is to put down or stop something by force or authority: suppress a rebellion, suppress dissent.
It extends to holding back or restraining: suppress a laugh, suppress a memory, suppress an urge.
Information can be suppressed by preventing its publication or circulation.
In medicine and biology, to suppress is to inhibit a process: drugs that suppress the immune system.
The common thread is preventing something from emerging or continuing.
Forcibly end unrest
- crushCompress with force
- quashSuppress or nullify
- subdueBring under control
- put downInsulting remark meant to diminish
stamp out · crack down · pacify · squelch · extinguish · snuff out · riot · uprising
Suppress emotions internally
- swallowSend down the throat
- choke backRestrain from expressing
- hold inSuppress from expression
- internalizeAdopt beliefs as one's own
deny · bury · smother · stifle · feelings · tears · anger · grief
Limit freedom of movement
inhibit · hold back · rein in · limit · constrain · restrict · dampen · moderate
One who suppresses content
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- banOfficial restriction on something
- expurgateRemove offensive material
- bowdlerizeRemove objectionable content
sanitize · blacklist · gag · muzzle · silence · restrict · forbid · proscribe
quell
Forcibly end unrest
put down · stamp out · crack down · pacify · squelch · extinguish · snuff out · riot · uprising · rebellion
bottle up
Suppress emotions internally
- swallowSend down the throat
- choke backRestrain from expressing
- hold inSuppress from expression
internalize · deny · bury · smother · stifle · feelings · tears · anger · grief · memory
restrain
Limit freedom of movement
contain · inhibit · hold back · rein in · limit · constrain · restrict · dampen · moderate · bridle
censor
One who suppresses content
- redactConceal text for secrecy
- banOfficial restriction on something
- expurgateRemove offensive material
bowdlerize · sanitize · blacklist · gag · muzzle · silence · restrict · forbid · proscribe · taboo
overpower
Defeat by superior force
vanquish · conquer · subjugate · defeat · trample · annihilate · tyrannize · persecute · silence · marginalize
hide
Conceal or pelt
obscure · mask · veil · shroud · cloak · camouflage · disguise · screen · shield · whitewash
- cover-upscover up, conceal, hush up, whitewash, gloss over
- bottling emotionsstifle, hold back, contain, restrain, swallow
- burdensburden, load, onus, obligations, weight
- exclusionexclude, excluded, rule out, banned, bans
- obstructblock, halt, stop, impede, hinder
- removalremove, elimination, delete, erasing, erase
- vote suppressionDiscouraging or preventing casting ballots
- voter suppressionTactics discouraging ballot access
- cough suppressantDrug reducing throat spasms
- suppressed laughRestrained audible amusement
- fire suppressionControlling or eliminating flames
- suppressing fireGunfire restricting enemy movement
suppressed, suppression, suppressing, suppresses, suppressive, unsuppressed, suppressor, suppressible, suppressant