C2 to prevent something from being seen or expressed or from operating: She couldn't suppress her anger/annoyance/delight. His feelings of resentment have been suppressed for years. The British government tried to suppress the book because of the information it contained about the security services.
Storyline. Based on the true story of Jessica McClure who fell into a well while playing in her aunt's backyard. She was stuck in the well 22 feet down and it took rescuers 58 hours to get her out. There was fear that if they shook the earth too much with machinery, it could cause her to fall further down and die.
Inmate locked in scalding shower died 'by accident', medical examiner says. Darren Rainey died in June 2012 after he was confined to a tiny cubicle at the psychiatric unit of the Dade Correctional Institution, with corrections officers controlling the water temperature from outside.