1. repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce, oppress, suppress, crush


2. smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress, suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb


3. suppress, repress, forget, bury

usage: put out of one's consciousness

4. repress, change

usage: block the action of


1. pent-up, repressed, inhibited (vs. uninhibited)

usage: characterized by or showing the suppression of impulses or emotions; "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"

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