Definition of suppress

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Suppress (v. t.) To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile..

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Snicker :: Snicker (v. i.) To laugh with audible catches of voice, as when persons attempt to suppress loud laughter..
Suppress :: Suppressing (p. pr. & vb. n.) of Suppres.
Murmur :: Murmur (v. i.) A complaint half suppressed, or uttered in a low, muttering voice..
Telltale :: Telltale (n.) One who officiously communicates information of the private concerns of others; one who tells that which prudence should suppress.
Sink :: Sink (v. t.) To keep out of sight; to suppress; to ignore.
Suppress :: Suppress (v. t.) To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell.
Extinguishment :: Extinguishment (n.) The act of extinguishing, putting out, or quenching, or the state of being extinguished; extinction; suppression; destruction; nullification; as, the extinguishment of fire or flame, of discord, enmity, or jealousy, or of love or affection..
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) To suppress or omit; to strike out, as matter in type..
Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..
Twitter :: Twitter (v. i.) To make the sound of a half-suppressed laugh; to titter; to giggle.
Smother :: Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure..
Posse Comitatus :: Posse comitatus () The power of the county, or the citizens who may be summoned by the sheriff to assist the authorities in suppressing a riot, or executing any legal precept which is forcibly opposed..
Concealment :: Concealment (n.) Suppression of such facts and circumstances as in justice ought to be made known.
Cancel :: Cancel (v. i.) The suppression or striking out of matter in type, or of a printed page or pages..
Suppression :: Suppressible (a.) That may be suppressed.
Quash :: Quash (v. t.) To crush; to subdue; to suppress or extinguish summarily and completely; as, to quash a rebellion..
Override :: Override (v. t.) To suppress; to destroy; to supersede; to annul; as, one low overrides another; to override a veto..
Jesuitess :: "Jesuitess (n.) One of an order of nuns established on the principles of the Jesuits, but suppressed by Pope Urban in 1633..
Abatement :: Abatement (n.) The act of abating, or the state of being abated; a lessening, diminution, or reduction; removal or putting an end to; as, the abatement of a nuisance is the suppression thereof..
Suppressor :: Suppressive (a.) Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing.
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