Tra từ suppress - Từ điển Oxford Advanced Learner 8th

sup·press [suppress suppresses suppressed suppressing] BrE [səˈpres] NAmE [səˈpres] verb
1. ~ sth (usually disapproving) (of a government, ruler, etc.)to put an end, often by force, to a group or an activity that is believed to threaten authority
Syn: ↑quash
•The rebellion was brutally suppressed.
2. ~ sth (usually disapproving)to prevent sth from being published or made known
•The police were accused of suppressing vital evidence.
3. ~ sth to prevent yourself from having or expressing a feeling or an emotion
•to suppress a smile
•She was unable to suppress her anger.
•He had suppressed the painful memories of his childhood.
4. ~ sth to prevent sth from growing, developing or continuing
•drugs that suppress the appetite
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Word Origin:
late Middle English: from Latin suppress- ‘pressed down’, from the verb supprimere, from sub- ‘down’ + premere ‘to press’.

Example Bank:
•He could hardly suppress his surprise.
•He could no longer suppress his anger.
•Her face was charged with barely suppressed anger.
•She was unable to suppress a giggle.
•The disloyal thought was instantly suppressed.
•The medication effectively suppressed the pain.
•They often use violence to suppress opposition.
•This information had been deliberately suppressed.
•A 5 cm layer will suppress weed growth.
•He couldn't suppress the excitement in his voice.
•Slimming drugs do help to suppress appetite.
•The government sought to suppress a growing armed separatist movement.
•The regime ruthlessly suppresses all dissent.
•The strike was violently suppressed by the army.
•Trade union rights were suppressed and casual work became the norm.
•Transplant patients take drugs which suppress the immune system.