Repress has 8 different meanings across 1 category:
Verb
Noun
1
A record pressed again; a repressing.
Verb
1
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"
2
impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
3
suppress in order to conceal or hide
"smother a yawn"
"muffle one's anger"
"strangle a laugh"
"repress a cry of fear"
4
put out of one's consciousness
5
block the action of
"the process of repressing gene transcription"
6
To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
Example Sentences
"The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"
verb
"China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"
verb
"The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
verb
"smother a yawn"
verb
"muffle one's anger"
verb
"strangle a laugh"
verb
"repress a cry of fear"
verb
"the process of repressing gene transcription"
verb
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