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English to English noun
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The act of repressing. |  | source: webster1913 verb
| 2 |
put down by force or intimidation | | Example: The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
source: wordnet30
| 3 |
conceal or hide | | Example: smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
strangle a yawn
source: wordnet30
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put out of one's consciousness | | source: wordnet30
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block the action of | | source: wordnet30
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To press again. | | source: webster1913
| 7 |
To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. | | source: webster1913
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