verb
1.
Synonyms: crush 5, annihilate, extinguish, put down, quash, quell, quench, squash
Idioms: ride roughshod over
2.
to hold back more or less forcefully someone or something that seeks an outlet
management tried to suppress the workers' discontent
there was no way to suppress her short of murder
Synonyms: muffle, ||quelch, repress, shush, squelch, strangle; compare crush 5
Related Word: curb, restrain; arrest, check, interrupt; put down, slap down; quash, quell, squash; cut off, spike; abolish, annihilate, extinguish
Idioms: bring to naught, crack ( or clamp) down on, put the kibosh on
3.
to keep from public knowledge
suppress all news from the front
Synonyms: burke, hush (up), stifle
Related Word: repress; censor; silence
Idioms: put the lid on
Contrasted words: disclose, divulge, leak, ||let out, reveal; broadcast, circulate, diffuse, publish, spread
4.
Synonyms: compose 4, collect, control, cool, re-collect, rein, repress, restrain, simmer down, smother
Related Word: drown; swallow
5.
Synonyms: stunt , dwarf