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English verb: repress | |||
| 1. | repress (social) put down by force or intimidation | ||
| Samples | The government quashes any attempt of an uprising. China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently. The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land. | ||
| Synonyms | keep down, quash, reduce, subdue, subjugate | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | crush, oppress, suppress | ||
| 2. | repress (contact) conceal or hide | ||
| Samples | Smother a yawn. Muffle one's anger. Strangle a yawn. | ||
| Synonyms | muffle, smother, stifle, strangle | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Something ----s somebody. Something ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | conquer, curb, inhibit, stamp down, subdue, suppress | ||
| 3. | repress (cognition) put out of one's consciousness | ||
| Synonyms | suppress | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody. Somebody ----s that CLAUSE | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | bury, forget | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | swallow | ||
| Domain category | psychiatry, psychological medicine, psychopathology | ||
| 4. | repress (change) block the action of | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | change | ||
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