to repress

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keep down

China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently.

To prevent forcefully an upheaval from developing further

to repress the first risings of discontent.

Hence, to check; to keep back
The act of repressing
to keep under restraint or control
If you repress a smile, sigh, or moan, you try hard not to smile, sigh, or moan. I couldn't repress a sigh of admiration
{n} the act of crushing
{v} to crush, subdue, curb, restrain
{f} suppress, restrain, control; subdue, quell, quash
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"
conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
To press again
put out of one's consciousness
To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to suppress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent
disapproval If a section of society is repressed, their freedom is restricted by the people who have authority over them. a UN resolution banning him from repressing his people
If you repress a feeling, you make a deliberate effort not to show or have this feeling. It is anger that is repressed that leads to violence and loss of control. repressed aggression. = suppress
Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back
To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent
to repress

    Hyphenation

    to re·press

    Turkish pronunciation

    tı ripres

    Pronunciation

    /tə rēˈpres/ /tə riːˈprɛs/
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