verb
COLLOCATIONS FROM OTHER ENTRIES
resist/fight/suppress an urge
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She had to resist a constant urge to look back over her shoulder.
stifle/suppress a giggle (= try to not laugh )
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Britta covered her mouth to stifle a giggle.
suppress/crush/put down a rebellion (= end it by force )
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Troops moved in to suppress the rebellion.
suppress/crush/put down a revolt (= end it by force )
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The Russians speedily crushed the revolt.
suppressed laughter (= when someone tries not to laugh )
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He began to shake with suppressed laughter.
suppressed/pent-up anger (= that you have tried not to show )
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Her voice shook with suppressed anger.
COLLOCATIONS FROM CORPUS
■ NOUN
activity
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Dexamethasone has also been reported to suppress leukotriene activity invitro although we found no effect of low dose prednisolone in this study.
attempt
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We shall hear more about this worldwide problem, despite attempts to suppress it.
drug
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In the next few years many clinical experiments established the effective use of drugs to suppress immune responses.
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A new diet drug that suppresses the appetite is helping people shed pounds without having to exercise or fuss with meal plans.
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But anti-retroviral drugs only suppress the virus; they can not destroy it, or prevent others getting it.
effort
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Their own consensual efforts to deny and suppress them would then be exposed for the deceitful sham they have always been.
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She sensed that he was holding back with a massive effort , suppressing his own hunger with iron discipline.
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The longer he resists the pressure for change, the more divisive and dangerous will be his efforts to suppress it.
emotion
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It is far more painful and exhausting to suppress our emotions than it is to experience them.
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The relationship between body posture and suppressed past trauma or emotions was touched on in the section dealing with cervical reintegration.
government
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This caused widespread riots that the government suppressed with brutality.
rebellion
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State military volunteers, with the aid of federal troops, moved in to suppress the rebellion .
smile
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As Harry squeezed through the ruck to order another pint, he could not suppress a private smile at Minter's expense.
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The players listen, some trying to suppress smiles .
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His looks said it all, and Jenna suppressed a smile and set off across the road to join him.
system
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The stress which your fish are suffering from, will suppress their immune systems .
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Also, a low socioeconomic status and a suppressed immune system may put women at significantly higher risk.
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It suppresses the immune system so that infected people are prone to almost any infection that happens to come their way.
truth
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As we have discovered, to speak falsehood means to suppress feelings as well as truth .
uprising
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Some seek revenge for atrocities committed in suppressing the Shia uprising .
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Force is conveniently used to suppress political uprising .
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This runs parallel with the use of force to suppress uprisings in poor nations against policies of these same institutions.
urge
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A bitter reply rose to Alexei's lips, but he suppressed the urge to utter it.
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I had to suppress the urge to jump down, run after them and argue some sense into them.
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He suppressed the urge to respond, to tease an answer to the question out of himself.
■ VERB
try
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Polly tried to suppress the shudder that galvanised every nerve from the roots of her hair to her toes and fingertips.
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The Talmud itself acknowledge5 that the sages tried to suppress the Book of Kohelet.
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She tried to suppress her distaste.
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The players listen, some trying to suppress smiles.
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Lawyers claimed they had tried to suppress official papers showing the extent of the arms selling operation.
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He also adamantly argues that city officials are not trying to suppress the practice of religion.
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What she needed was to sleep, and she tried to suppress the great mountain of self-pity that threatened to swamp her.
use
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The government has repeatedly used violence to suppress opposition demands that President Mobutu Sese Seko's powers be curtailed.
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Force is conveniently used to suppress political uprising.
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Any opposition to the regime is ruthlessly suppressed.
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Finally Glen could suppress his anger no longer and he lashed out at his mother.
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For 70 years the Communist government had suppressed all dissent.
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He looked at me, waiting with suppressed anger.
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I suppressed an urge to laugh.
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It's not good to suppress your feelings.
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Police were accused of suppressing evidence that might have proved that the men were innocent.
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She had had to suppress her feelings for George throughout his long marriage to her friend.
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Some evidence had been suppressed by Spira's lawyers.
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The army acted swiftly to suppress the uprising.
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The authorities suppressed publication of the journal.
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The CIA has often tried to suppress reports that are embarrassing to the agency.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Lawyers claimed they had tried to suppress official papers showing the extent of the arms selling operation.
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One part of the cell that listens is the system which sends out and suppresses nerve impulses.
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Retailers have trouble suppressing their fury.
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The more our rational faculty is suppressed, the more obsessed we are by it.
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The players listen, some trying to suppress smiles.
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The research always favoured the industry's pro-lead views or was suppressed, Mr Kitman found.
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They would make it impossible to fund clubs and societies and would inevitably suppress much of our vital welfare work.