suppress

suppress
I
(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)
v. t. put down, quell, subdue; repress, restrain; conceal; quash; withhold; abolish, ban; stanch, check. See restraint, concealment.
II
(Roget's IV) v.
Syn. crush, overpower, overcome, contain, cut off, beat down, slap down, hold down, put down, burke, subdue, keep in, quash, repress, quell, stifle, sit on*, trample out*, bottle up*, keep in ignorance*, choke off*, come down on*, clamp down on*, crack down on*; see also defeat 1 , 2 .
III
(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) v.
1. put down stop, crush, quell, squelch, squash, crack down on, subdue, silence, extinguish, kill, put an end to.
2. censor keep quiet, withhold, stifle, keep in the dark, silence, shut up, hide, conceal, check, restrain, curb, *put a lid on, muzzle.
ANT.: 1. throw fuel on the fire, unleash, free up. 2. broadcast, amplify, publish
IV
(Roget's Thesaurus II) verb 1. To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight: choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch. Idiom: put the lid on. See CONTINUE, WIN. 2. To keep from being published or transmitted: ban, black out, censor, hush (up), stifle. Idiom: keep (or put) a lid on. See SHOW. 3. To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check: burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, throttle. Informal: sit on (or upon). See RESTRAINT.

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