verb
- 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"
- Conceal or hide.
- usage: "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
- Put out of one's consciousness.
- Block the action of.
- synonyms: repress
adjective
- Characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions.
- usage: "her severe upbringing had left her inhibited"; "a very inhibited young man, anxious and ill at ease"; "their reactions were partly the product of pent-up emotions"; "repressed rage turned his face scarlet"
- synonyms: pent-up
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