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repress
verb
(re-press)
put down by force or intimidation
Synonyms:
keep down,
quash
,
reduce
,
subdue
,
subjugate
,
repress
verb
(re-press)
suppress in order to conceal or hide
Synonyms:
muffle
,
smother
,
stifle
,
strangle
,
Examples:
Repress a cry of fear.
repress
verb
(re-press)
put out of one's consciousness
Synonyms:
suppress
,
repress
verb
(re-press)
block the action of
Examples:
The process of repressing gene transcription.
repress
verb
(re-press)
impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
Words Related to
repress
!
suppress
,
subjugate
,
subdue
,
quash
,
reduce
,
keep down
,
oppress
,
brutalize
,
stifle
,
suppressing
,
crush
,
punish
,
restrain
,
quell
,
curtail
,
criminalize
,
muffle
,
repel
,
prosecute
,
curb
,
penalize
,
deter
,
prevent
,
interdict
,
counter
,
unelected
,
nip
,
block
,
combat
,
prohibit
,
halt
,
subvert
,
persecute
,
squelch
,
imprison
,
incite
,
foment
,
marginalize
,
tyrannize
,
inhibit
,
liberate
,
enslave
,
arouse
,
induce
,
constrain
,
censor
,
deprive
,
derepress
,
dehumanise
,
counterpose
,
manipulate
,
coopt
,
extirpate
,
intimidate
,
tyrannise
,
terrorize
,
overthrow
,
demonize
,
crush out
,
legitimatize
,
exterminate
,
embitter
,
perpetuate
,
islamize
,
enfeeble
,
instigate
,
provoke
,
recolonize
,
sublimate
,
disserve
,
europeanize
,
externalize
,
homogenise
,
relativize
,
rouse
,
smother
,
asphyxiate
,
derange
,
brutalise
,
infiltrate
,
intellectualize
,
press down
,
disorganize
,
legitimize
,
secularize
,
thwart
,
dehumanize
,
silencing
,
destroy
,
aggress
,
efface
,
awaken
,
suborn
,
metastasise
,
verbalise
,
confront
,
humiliate
,
annihilate
,
ostracize
,
ennoble
,
repress
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