What is the meaning of repress?

Put down by force or intimidation.
- usage: "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
- synonyms: quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
Conceal or hide.
- usage: "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- synonyms: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
Put out of one's consciousness.
- synonyms: suppress
Block the action of. .

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