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suppress

v.

crush, overpower, overcome, contain, cut off, beat down, slap down, hold down, put down, burke, subdue, keep in, quash, repress, quell, stifle, sit on*, trample out*, bottle up*, keep in ignorance*, choke off*, come down on*, clamp down on*, crack down on*; see also defeat 1, 2.

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Another word for suppress

verb

To bring to an end forcibly as if by imposing a heavy weight:
choke off, crush, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash, squelch. Idiom: put the lid on. See continue, win
To keep from being published or transmitted:
ban, black out, censor, hush (up), stifle. Idiom: keep (or put) a lid on. See show
To hold (something requiring an outlet) in check:
burke, choke (back), gag, hold back, hold down, hush (up), muffle, quench, repress, smother, squelch, stifle, strangle, throttle. (Informal) sit on (or upon). See restraint