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repress

Dictionary definition · repress

verb

  1. put down by force or intimidation"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
  2. impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
  3. suppress in order to conceal or hide"smother a yawn"
  4. put out of one's consciousness
  5. block the action of"the process of repressing gene transcription"

Source: Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0).