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Suppress

🔄 Synonyms of "Suppress"

9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
subdueverb	(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
crushverb	A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
curbnoun	(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
inhibitverb	(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
conquerverb	To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
oppressverb	(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
repressverb	(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
bottle upverb	(idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.
stamp downverb	to put down by force or authority

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
repressverb	(transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
subdueverb	(transitive) To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.
inhibitverb	(transitive) To hold in or hold back; to keep in check; restrain.
oppressverb	(transitive) To keep down by unjust force.
conquerverb	To defeat in combat; to subjugate.
crushverb	A violent collision or compression; a crash; destruction; ruin.
curbverb	(transitive) To check, restrain or control.
bottle upverb	(idiomatic) To keep suppressed and hidden.
stamp downverb	to put down by force or authority
quellverb	(transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit.
quashverb	To defeat decisively, to suppress.
removingnoun	removal
eliminateverb	(transitive) To completely remove, get rid of, put an end to.
abolishmentnoun	The act of abolishing; abolition; destruction.
removeverb	(transitive) To delete.
suppressionnoun	The act or instance of suppressing.
eliminationnoun	The act of eliminating, expelling or throwing off.
terminateverb	(transitive) To end something, especially when left in an incomplete state.
abolishverb	To end a law, system, institution, custom or practice.
disposeverb	(intransitive, with of) To eliminate or to get rid of something.