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Detailed Synonyms for repress in English

repress:

repress verbe

  1. repress
    – block the action of 1
    repress
    – block the action of 1
  2. repress
    – put out of one's consciousness 1
    to suppress; repress
    – put out of one's consciousness 1
  3. repress
    – conceal or hide 1
    to strangle; to stifle; repress; muffle; smother
    – conceal or hide 1
    • strangle verbe (strangles, strangled, strangling)
      • strangle a yawn1
    • stifle verbe (stifles, stifled, stifling)
    • repress verbe
    • muffle verbe
      • muffle one's anger1
    • smother verbe
      • smother a yawn1
  4. repress
    – put down by force or intimidation 1
    to reduce; to subdue; subjugate; repress; quash; keep down
    – put down by force or intimidation 1
    • reduce verbe (reduces, reduced, reducing)
    • subdue verbe (subdues, subdued, subdueing)
    • subjugate verbe
      • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land1
    • repress verbe
    • quash verbe
      • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising1
    • keep down verbe

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Related Definitions for "repress":

  1. block the action of1
  2. put out of one's consciousness1
  3. conceal or hide1
  4. put down by force or intimidation1