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repress

English

  1. 🔊 block the action of
    “the process of repressing gene transcription”
  2. 🔊 put down by force or intimidation
    “The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”
  3. 🔊 impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
  4. 🔊 put out of one's consciousness
  5. 🔊 suppress in order to conceal or hide
    “smother a yawn”

Spanish

  1. 🔊 reprimir to repress

Similar words

suppress smother stifle strangle muffle quash keep down subdue subjugate reduce arrest asphyxiate ban bar bate beat down black out blunt bottle up break browbeat bulldoze bully castrate