suppress
Syllables: sup·press/səˈpɹɛs/
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Australia/səˈpɹes/
suppress verb: to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
Verb
suppress (third-person singular simple present suppresses, present participle suppressing, simple past and past participle suppressed)
- To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
- To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- I struggled to suppress my smile.
- To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
- He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- To prevent publication.
- The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- To stop a flow or stream.
- The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
- Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
- To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
- To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
- To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
- To hold in place, to keep low.
suppress meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
suppress in Hindi
- to suppress
- कुचलना kucalnā
suppress in Tamil
- அடக்கு, தடை விதி, மறை, மறைத்துவிடு, காட்டாதே, ஒளி
suppress in Marathi
- to suppress
- दडपणे daḍapṇe
suppress in Urdu
- دبانا, کچلنا, قابو پانا
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- suppress in Bengali
- দমা doma
- suppress in Telugu
- అణచివేయడానికి, అణిచివేసేందుకు, అణిచివేయడానికి
- suppress in Malayalam
- ഒതുക്കുക
- suppress in Kannada
- ವ್ಯಕ್ತಪಡಿಸದಿರು, ಪ್ರಕಟಿಸದಿರು, ಮರೆಮಾಚು, ಅಡಗಿಸು
- suppress in Gujarati
- દબાવી દેવાનું
- suppress in Odia
- ଦମନ କରିବା
- suppress in Sanskrit
- ग्रसति grásati
- suppress in Nepali
- दमन गर्ने, दमन गर्न
Examples of suppress in a sentence
- The prosecution moved to suppress certain items turned up during discovery.
- Court ruled that physical evidence that was the fruit of an unmirandized interrogation need not be suppressed.
- The report was suppressed and never saw daylight.
Synonyms of suppress
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Forms of suppress
| third-person singular present | suppresses |
|---|---|
| present participle | suppressing |
| past participle | suppressed |
| past | suppressed |
Origin of suppress
From Latin suppressus, perfect passive participle of supprimō (“press down or under”), from sub (“under”) + premō (“press”).
Words formed from suppress
Words that rhyme with suppress
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- success
- compress
- largesse
- ness
- profess
- confess
- distress
- regress
- depress
- excess
- guess
- prepossess
- undress
- CBS
- ingress
- oppress
- redress
- transgress
- assess
- cess
- duress
- fess
- fluoresce
- Hesse
- less
- mayoress
- obsess
- tress
- unless
- yes
- accresce
- acquiesce
- aggress
- BESS
- caress
- clothes press
- congress
- defervesce
- digress
- ess
- foulness
- Hess
- intumesce
- jess
- lazy S
- liquesce
- repress
- second-guess
Questions about suppress
- What does suppress mean?
- Suppress means to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- What is suppress in Hindi?
- Suppress in Hindi is कुचलना (kucalnā). See Suppress meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is suppress?
- Suppress is a verb.
- How do you pronounce suppress?
- Suppress is pronounced /səˈpɹɛs/ (UK).
- What is the past tense of suppress?
- The past tense of suppress is suppressed.
Words near suppress in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: suppress (page history and authors); कुचलना (Hindi) (page history and authors); suppress (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); दडपणे (Marathi) (page history and authors); suppress (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); দমা (Bengali) (page history and authors); suppress (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suppress (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suppress (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); suppress (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); suppress (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); ग्रसति (Sanskrit) (page history and authors); suppress (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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