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Verb suppress has 5 senses
- suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
--1 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- oppress, suppress, crush - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority; "The government oppresses political activists"
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- bottle up, suppress - control and refrain from showing; of emotions
--3 is one way to restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back
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Somebody ----s something
- restrain, suppress, keep, keep back, hold back - keep under control; keep in check; "suppress a smile"; "Keep your temper"; "keep your cool"
--4 is one way to prevent, keep
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Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s somebody PP
- suppress, repress - put out of one's consciousness
--5 is one way to forget, bury
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Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE
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