Synonyms for suppress
səˈprɛssup·press

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1. suppress

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, terminate

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

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1. suppress

   Synonyms:
   overpower, extinguish, repress, stifle, check, subdue, quell, era h, destroy, restrain, conceal, hu n, stop, smother

   Antonyms:
   raise, support, fan, excite, strengthen, incite, instigate, increase, aggravate, vent, publish, promulgate, spread, disseminate, intensify

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1. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb

   to put down by force or authority

   "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, conquer, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, curb, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, inhibit, cut back, overcome, subdue, repress, check

2. oppress, suppress, crushverb

   come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

   "The government oppresses political activists"

   Synonyms:
   repress, bottle up, squelch, oppress, beat, stamp down, inhibit, break down, persecute, crush, vanquish, squeeze, demolish, shell, trounce, mash, conquer, squash, beat out, curb, jam, subdue, smash

3. inhibit, bottle up, suppressverb

   control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

   Synonyms:
   curb, oppress, subdue, bottle up, crush, conquer, inhibit, repress, stamp down

4. suppress, repressverb

   put out of one's consciousness

   Synonyms:
   keep down, muffle, bottle up, oppress, stamp down, inhibit, reduce, repress, subjugate, smother, crush, quash, stifle, conquer, curb, strangle, subdue

5. suppressverb

   reduce the incidence or severity of or stop

   "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"

   Synonyms:
   curb, oppress, subdue, bottle up, crush, conquer, inhibit, repress, stamp down

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1. choke back (verb)

   fail to control one’s emotions

   they choked back tears (feelings; anger; disappointment, etc.)

   Submitted by erhnice on July 28, 2019  

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1. suppressverb

   Synonyms:
   crush, overpower, subdue, quell, overthrow, stifle, choke, smother, put down

2. suppressverb

   Synonyms:
   restrain, repress, keep back, stop, check

3. suppressverb

   Synonyms:
   conceal, keep secret, not tell, not reveal

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1. suppressverb

   Synonyms:
   quell, overpower, put down, check, repress, restrain, secrete, conceal

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1. List of paraphrases for "suppress":

   repress, delete, punish, stifle, quell, oppress, suppression, curb, suppressing, eliminate, remove, abolish, repression, combat, deletion, deleting, penalize, eradicate

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1. Zhao Lijian:

   What the U.S. did proves that the so-called democracy summit is just a pretext and tool for it to pursue geopolitical goals, suppress other countries, divide the world, serve its own interest and maintain its hegemony in the world.

2. Ilhan Omar:

   Netanyahu's decision to deny us entry might be unprecedented for members of Congress, but it is the policy of his government when it comes to Palestinians, this is the policy of his government when it comes to anyone who holds views that threaten the occupation. A policy that has been edged on and supported by Trump's administration, that's because the only way to preserve unjust policy is to suppress people's freedom of expression, freedom of association and freedom of movement.

3. Theresa Pierno:

   We believe that these rules are cruel and irresponsible, these practices are used as predator control methods, which means they're used to suppress predatory species to artificially elevate the population of game species.

4. Archibald MacLeish:

   Once you permit those who are convinced of their own superior rightness to censor and silence and suppress those who hold contrary opinions, just at that moment the citadel has been surrendered. For the American citadel is a man. Not man in general. Not man in the abstract. Not the majority of men. But man. That man. His worth. His uniqueness.

5. Ed Smart:

   I was attracted to men going as far back as 12 years old, i tried to suppress that ; it's not me, not who I am. I tried to put that out.