verb
EXAMPLES FROM OTHER ENTRIES
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Denying or repressing sorrow often seems the easiest way out when confronted with death.
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For years the inhabitants of these islands have been repressed by the colonizers.
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Individuals who repress their sexual desires often suffer from psychological problems.
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It's a cruel and vicious regime that represses all opposition.
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Other nations condemned the ruler for repressing dissent.
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Either he had genuinely repressed what he knew or he refused to acknowledge it.
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Not all that is unconscious is repressed, although all that is repressed is unconscious.
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Some tendencies in human behaviour were encouraged, others repressed, and the results were both pleasant and unpleasant.
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Their professional pride is to provide information, not repress it.