Definitions for suppress

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suppress sup·press

Spelling: [suh-pres]

IPA: /səˈprɛs/

Suppress is a 8 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 12 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 15 points.

You can make 129 anagrams from letters in suppress (epprsssu).

Definitions for suppress

verb (used with object)

1. to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.):
2. to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
3. to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
4. to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
5. to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
6. to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush.
7. Electricity. to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.

Origin of suppress

1375-1425; late Middle English suppressen Latin suppressus (past participle of supprimere to press down), equivalent to sup- sup- + pressus (see

Examples for suppress

Ironic, since it was originally meant to suppress sugar lust.

I am not only to suppress the evil, but to evoke the good elements in my nature.

In the 21st century, however, we suppress the magic of it and succumb to the fear of it.

Isabel could not at once suppress the gratified note which crept of itself into her voice.

Linda tried hard but she could not suppress a chuckle: "Of course you would!"

But not even the threat of death can suppress the urge to live vicariously through Jack Dawson and James Bond.

Higher Israeli authorities are trying to suppress vigilantism.

This growl he could not suppress; nor did the man-animal resent it by giving him a blow on the head.

You must suppress your gratitude, and endeavour to forget my forbearance in the matter of the bracelet.

And, according to some research, higher insulin levels have been shown to suppress fat metabolism by up to 22 percent.