repress

(v) 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
quash, subdue, subjugate, keep down, reduce,
(v) conceal or hide
- smother a yawn
- muffle one's anger
- strangle a yawn
muffle, stifle, strangle, smother,
(v) put out of one's consciousness suppress,
(v) block the action of

quash subdue subjugate keep down reduce muffle stifle strangle smother suppress

repressed represser repressing repression repressive repressor repressor gene