Repress synonyms

control

To adjust to a requirement; regulate:

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overpower

To excel or exceed in power; to cause to yield; to subdue.

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check

Check means to test, examine, compare or inspect something to see if it is as it should be.

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inhibit

To decrease, limit, or block the action or function of something in the body, as an enzyme or organ.

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hinder (related)

To keep back; restrain; get in the way of; prevent; stop

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restrain (related)

To restrain is defined as to hold back or keep under control.

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suppress (related)

(US, law) to forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained

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bridle

To control or restrain:

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bury

To place in the ground; cover with earth:

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compose

To make something by merging parts. [ from later 15th c.]

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conceal

To keep from another's knowledge; keep secret

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constrain

To reduce a result in response to limited resources

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crush

To press or bruise between two hard bodies; to squeeze, so as to destroy the natural shape or integrity of the parts, or to force together into a mass.

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holdback

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hush

To stop from making noise; make quiet or silent

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mask

To cover in order to conceal, protect, or disguise:

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muffle

Muffle is defined as to wrap or cover for protection, to keep warm or make quiet.

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rein

To stop or slow down a horse, etc. with or as with reins

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squash

To force one's way; crowd; squeeze

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squelch

(Intransitive, UK) to walk or step through a substance such as mud

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quell

To suppress, to put an end to (something); to extinguish. [from 14th c.]

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stifle

To kill by cutting off the supply of air from; suffocate; smother; choke

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stop

To prevent the flow or passage of:

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subdue

To overcome, quieten, or bring under control.

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withhold

To keep (a physical object that one has obtained) to oneself rather than giving it back to its owner.

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let-go (antonym)

(Euphemistic) To dismiss from employment.

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allow (antonym)

To grant license to; to permit; to consent to.

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permit (antonym)

To allow (something) to happen, to give permission for. [from 15th c.]

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burke

To murder by suffocation, or so as to produce few marks of violence, for the purpose of obtaining a body to be sold for dissection.

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choke

The definition of choke is to cut off oxygen, to be unable to breath, to block something, to become unable to perform at a crucial point.

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gag

To prevent or limit speech in (a legislative body)

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hold back

(Idiomatic) to delay, especially in school

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hold down

(Idiomatic) To continue, to hold and to manage well.

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quench

To extinguish; put out

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smother

To cover (a fire), excluding air from it and causing it to smolder or die down

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strangle

To die from suffocation or strangulation; choke.

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throttle

Throttle is defined as to control the speed of an engine or the flow of fuel in an engine, or to hold down or choke.

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To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check

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restraint (related)

To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check

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quash

To annul or put an end to (a court order, indictment, or court proceedings).

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keep-down

To restrain or control (a sound).

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subjugate

To bring under control or subjection; conquer

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reduce

(Medicine) To perform a reduction; to restore a fracture or dislocation to the correct alignment.

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demonise (related)

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subvert (related)

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repressed (related)

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paralyze (related)

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enslave (related)

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betray (related)

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curb

Curb is defined as to control or hold back.

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cover

To record or perform a cover of

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