SUPPRESS

• (verb) reduce the incidence or severity of or stop

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

• (verb) to put down by force or authority

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

  synonyms : conquer , curb , inhibit , stamp down , subdue

  The management curbed the agitation of the workers by threatening to reduce their salary. -added by Aswathy_inlas

• (verb) put out of one's consciousness

  synonyms : repress

• (verb) control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

  synonyms : bottle up , inhibit

• (verb) come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

  "The government oppresses political activists"

  synonyms : crush , oppress

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