2. verb. If a natural function or reaction of your body is suppressed, it is stopped, for example by drugs or illness. The reproduction and growth of the cancerous cells can be suppressed by bombarding them with radiation. ...the strongest evidence so far that ultraviolet light can suppress human immune responses.
Passing on: Actor Jim Kelly, 67, has died after suffering from cancer. Actor Jim Kelly, who played a glib American martial artist in Enter the Dragon with Bruce Lee, has died. He was 67. Marilyn Dishman, Kelly's ex-wife, said he died on Saturday of cancer at his home in San Diego.
Image caption Kelly stepped away from the movie business in the 1980s. US actor and karate expert Jim Kelly, who starred with Bruce Lee in Enter the Dragon, has died at the age of 67. Kelly became famed for his cool one-liners and fight scenes as the charismatic Williams in the 1973 martial arts classic.