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Definition & Synonyms
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• Suppressible
- (a.) That may be suppressed.
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• Suppression
- (n.) Complete stoppage of a natural secretion or excretion; as, suppression of urine; -- used in contradiction to retention, which signifies that the secretion or excretion is retained without expulsion.
- (n.) The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like.
- (n.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word.
Synonyms:
Crushing, Curtailment, Inhibition, Quelling, Stifling,
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• Suppressing
- (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppress
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• Suppress
- (v. t.) To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
- (v. t.) To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.
- (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
- (v. t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
Synonyms:
Conquer, Crush, Curb, Inhibit, Keep, Oppress, Repress, Restrain, Subdue,
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• Suppressed
- (imp. & p. p.) of Suppress
Synonyms:
Smothered, Stifled, Strangled,
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• Suppressor
- (n.) One who suppresses.
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• Suppressive
- (a.) Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.
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