suppresses

Verb

suppress (third-person singular simple present suppresses, present participle suppressing, simple past and past participle suppressed)

1. To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
   • Political dissent was brutally suppressed.

   Synonyms:

   abolish, clamp down, eliminate, bury, quash, squash

2. To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
   • I struggled to suppress my smile.

   Synonyms:

   curtail, stifle, behedge, guard, govern, smother, bind, chasten, choke back, check

3. To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
   • He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
4. To prevent publication.
   • The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
5. To stop a flow or stream.
   • The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.

   Synonyms:

   clamp off, dam, stanch, stem

6. (US) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.

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