suppresses
Keeps from emerging
Suppresses means to put down, hold back, or prevent from emerging.
A government suppresses a rebellion by crushing it.
You suppress a laugh or a yawn by keeping it from escaping.
To suppress information is to prevent its publication or circulation: The company suppressed evidence of the product's dangers.
In psychology, suppression is consciously pushing unwanted thoughts aside.
Slows or prevents action
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- stiflesSuppresses or restrains
- holds backRestrains or delays
- containsHolds within itself
restrains · curbs · checks · subdues · smothers · squelches · quashes · muffles
Compresses with force
- quellsSuppresses or pacifies
- puts downPlaces or disparages
- subduesOvercomes and controls
- defeatsOvercomes or bests
squashes · stamps out · extinguishes · pacifies · neutralizes · overpowers · vanquishes · dominates
Stops from speaking
- censorsThose who suppress content
- bansOfficial restrictions imposed
- blocksObstructs or sections
- redactsRemoves sensitive content
muzzles · gags · blacklists · quells · hushes · covers up · conceals · withholds
Slows or prevents action
- blocksObstructs or sections
- reducesMakes less in quantity
- lowersDecreases or brings down
- decreasesGrows smaller in amount
diminishes · attenuates · mitigates · counteracts · neutralizes · dampens · weakens · moderates
Subdues or restrains forcibly
- buriesPlaces beneath the ground
- deniesDeclares something untrue
- internalizesMakes part of oneself
- bottles upSuppresses emotions internally
masks · hides · conceals · compartmentalizes · dissociates · avoids · deflects · numbs
Selective passage barriers
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- removesTakes something out
- cancelsRevokes or nullifies
- attenuatesReduces force or intensity
reduces · blocks · masks · isolates · minimizes · noise · feedback · interference
inhibits
Slows or prevents action
- repressesSubdues or restrains forcibly
- stiflesSuppresses or restrains
- holds backRestrains or delays
contains · restrains · curbs · checks · subdues · smothers · squelches · quashes · muffles · dampens
crushes
Compresses with force
defeats · squashes · stamps out · extinguishes · pacifies · neutralizes · overpowers · vanquishes · dominates · conquers
silences
Stops from speaking
redacts · muzzles · gags · blacklists · quells · hushes · covers up · conceals · withholds · buries
inhibits
Slows or prevents action
decreases · diminishes · attenuates · mitigates · counteracts · neutralizes · dampens · weakens · moderates · alleviates
represses
Subdues or restrains forcibly
- buriesPlaces beneath the ground
- deniesDeclares something untrue
- internalizesMakes part of oneself
bottles up · masks · hides · conceals · compartmentalizes · dissociates · avoids · deflects · numbs · detaches
filters
Selective passage barriers
- eliminatesRemoves from consideration
- removesTakes something out
- cancelsRevokes or nullifies
attenuates · reduces · blocks · masks · isolates · minimizes · noise · feedback · interference · signal
- 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
suppress, suppressed, suppression, suppressing, suppressive, unsuppressed, suppressor, suppressant, suppressors