Definitions of Colonies: 1. A group of emigrants or their descendants who settle in a distant territory but remain subject to or closely associated with the parent country. 2. A territory thus settled.
Definition of 'suppress'. suppress (sÉpres ) If someone in authority suppresses an activity, they prevent it from continuing, by using force or making it illegal. ...drug traffickers, who continue to flourish despite international attempts to suppress them.
ceasing. 1  transitive verb. : 2  to cause to come to an end especially gradually : no longer continue they were forced to cease operations cease to exist. 3  intransitive verb.  1a : to come to an end the fighting gradually ceasedb : to bring an activity or action to an end : discontinue they have been ordered to cease and desist.