(v) to put down by force or authority, Syn. inhibit, curb, subdue, stamp down, conquer, Example:suppress a nascent uprising; stamp down on littering; conquer one's desires

suppress

(v) put out of one's consciousness, Syn. repress

suppress

(v) reduce the incidence or severity of or stop, Example:suppress a yawn; this drug can suppress the hemorrhage

suppressant

(n) a drug that suppresses appetite, Syn. appetite suppressant

suppression

(n) the failure to develop some part or organ

suppression

(n) the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation, Syn. curtailment, Example:a suppression of the newspaper

suppression

(n) forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority, Syn. stifling, crushing, quelling, Example:the suppression of heresy; the quelling of the rebellion; the stifling of all dissent

suppressive

(adj) tending to suppress, Example:the government used suppressive measures to control the protest

suppressive fire

(n) fire on or about a weapon system to degrade its performance below what is needed to fulfill its mission objectives

suppressor

(n) someone who suppresses, Syn. suppresser, Example:dictators are suppressors of free speech

The Collaborative International Dictionary of English (GCIDE) v.0.53 Collaborative International Dictionary (GCIDE)

Suppress

v. t. [ imp. & p. p. Suppressed p. pr. & vb. n. Suppressing. ] [ L. suppressus, p. p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press. ] 1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. [ 1913 Webster ]

Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. Sir J. Davies. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. Sir W. Scott. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. Broome. [ 1913 Webster ]

4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppressible

a. That may be suppressed. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppression

n. [ L. suppressio: cf. F. suppression. ] 1. 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. [ 1913 Webster ]

2. (Med.) 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. Quain. [ 1913 Webster ]

3. (Gram.) Omission; as, the suppression of a word. [ 1913 Webster ]

Syn. -- Overthrow; destruction; concealment; repression; detention; retention; obstruction. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppressive

a. Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing. [ 1913 Webster ]

Suppressor

n. [ L., hider. ] One who suppresses. [ 1913 Webster ]

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