v. Function: 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 FF1C; management tried to suppress the workers' discontent FF1E; FF1C; there was no way to suppress her short of murder FF1E;
Synonyms: muffle, ||quelch, repress, shush, squelch, strangle; compare CRUSH 5
Related Words: 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 FF1C; suppress all news from the front FF1E;
Synonyms: burke, hush (up), stifle
Related Words: 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 Words: drown; swallow
5
Synonyms: STUNT , dwarf