1. repress - verb
· put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
Synonym(s): quash, keep_down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Hypernym(s): oppress, suppress, crush
2. repress - verb
· impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
3. repress - verb
· suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"
Synonym(s): smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
Hypernym(s): inhibit, bottle_up, suppress
4. repress - verb
· put out of one's consciousness
Synonym(s): suppress
5. repress - verb
· block the action of; "the process of repressing gene transcription";
Hypernym(s): change
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