suppress

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as in to swallow
to refrain from openly showing or uttering he managed to suppress a scream at the sight of the dead mouse suppressed her anger

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as in to halt
to hold back the normal growth of pruning helps suppress buds at the ends of developed branches and encourages new growth elsewhere

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Recent Examples of suppress This can cause leaders of color to suppress their leadership skills and confidence. Cynthia Pong, Jd, Forbes, 29 Oct. 2024 What’s more, Martin asserted that his X posts with the same content were being suppressed on the platform formerly known as Twitter and now owned by avid Trump supporter Elon Musk. Cynthia Littleton, Variety, 28 Oct. 2024 The Chinese Foreign Ministry likewise blamed the United States for suppressing free speech by trying to ban the popular Chinese social media app TikTok. David Shedd, Foreign Affairs, 29 Oct. 2024 Similarly, many people have suppressed symptoms of an infection to engage in some sort of social obligation. Sebastian Stockmaier, The Conversation, 28 Oct. 2024 See all Example Sentences for suppress 
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Verb
  • Junior linebacker Jared Ibarra and senior safety Emmanuel El Shaddai Hill highlight a defense capable of stifling top attacks.
    Matt Schubert, The Denver Post, 6 Nov. 2024
  • To simply cut these people with abandon (and replace others with political appointees) could have severe consequences, such as stifling disaster response and increasing the likelihood of corruption.
    Charlie Warzel, The Atlantic, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • Common symptoms include a sore throat from tissue irritation, bad breath caused by thriving bacteria, and sometimes difficulty swallowing, if the stones are big enough.
    Jake Parks, Discover Magazine, 30 Oct. 2024
  • Cherished memories — photo albums, family heirlooms, and tokens of love — swallowed by floodwaters and carried miles away, are now reduced to mere fragments and discarded amid the wreckage.
    Alaa Elassar, CNN, 26 Oct. 2024
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  • The Biden administration has ramped up efforts that have so far failed to secure cease-fires to end Israel’s deadly assault on Gaza and secure the release of hostages still held by Hamas, as well as halt Israel’s bombardment and fighting with Hezbollah in Lebanon.
    Chantal Da Silva, NBC News, 6 Nov. 2024
  • The plane maker had seen most of its airplane production halted since the middle of September as more than 32,000 of its unionized machinists went on strike .
    Sean Conlon, CNBC, 5 Nov. 2024
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  • Sabrina Carpenter The nature of Mendes' relationship with Sabrina Carpenter was always officially labeled as a friendship—but that did little to quell speculation.
    Nina Turner, Newsweek, 31 Oct. 2024
  • The external chaos was leaking into his personal life, manifesting itself into a series of indignities that did little to quell his anxiety about a country turned upside down.
    Marc Weingarten, Los Angeles Times, 22 Oct. 2024
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  • The document, filed by Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, has been redacted to conceal plot and character details about The Pitt, which is yet to be released.
    Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Some are concealing their autism and dealing with the resulting feelings of isolation, while others thrive in the communities and support structures around them.
    Georg Szalai, The Hollywood Reporter, 4 Nov. 2024
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  • In a perfect world, there would be some logic to getting rid of the equal-time rule, and, quite frankly, the same FCC regulations that force networks to censor four-letter words that are ubiquitous on virtually every other form of media.
    Josef Adalian, Vulture, 7 Nov. 2024
  • For Chris Hill, who runs operations for a commercial bathroom remodeling firm in nearby Mechanicsburg, Musk is taking a stand against cosmopolitan elites who want to censor his language and suppress his political views.
    Eric Cortellessa / Lancaster, TIME, 27 Oct. 2024
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  • The protests—the biggest and most violent since the end of the dictatorship—uncapped a well of simmering rage (and were brutally repressed by the Chilean national police).
    Carolina A. Miranda, The Atlantic, 18 Oct. 2024
  • Same old story: repress human nature too much and disaster follows.
    Jackson Arn, The New Yorker, 7 Oct. 2024
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  • As new ways become familiar, employees recognize their advantages, and resistance gradually diminishes.
    Peter Follows, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Black Lives Matter is severely diminished as an institution.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 4 Nov. 2024

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“Suppress.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/suppress. Accessed 23 Nov. 2024.

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