Antonyms for suppress
səˈprɛssup·press

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1. suppress

   Abolish, to do away with, bring absolutely to an end, especially as something hostile, hindering, or harmful, was formerly used of persons and material objects, a usage now obsolete except in poetry or highly figurative speech. Abolish is now used of institutions, customs, and conditions, especially those wide-spread and long existing; as, to abolish slavery, ignorance, intemperance, poverty. A building that is burned to the ground is said to be destroyed by fire. Annihilate, as a philosophical term, signifies to put absolutely out of existence. As far as our knowledge goes, matter is never annihilated, but only changes its form. Some believe that the wicked will be annihilated. Abolish is not said of laws. There we use repeal, abrogate, nullify, etc.: repeal by the enacting body, nullify by revolutionary proceedings; a later statute abrogates, without formally repealing, any earlier law with which it conflicts. An appellate court may reverse or set aside the decision of an inferior court. Overthrow may be used in either a good or a bad sense; suppress is commonly in a good, subvert always in a bad sense; as, to subvert our liberties; to suppress a rebellion. The law prohibits what may never have existed; it abolishes an existing evil. We abate a nuisance, terminate a controversy. Compare CANCEL; DEMOLISH; EXTERMINATE.

   Antonyms:
   authorize, cherish, confirm, continue, enact, establish, institute, introduce, legalize, promote, reinstate, renew, repair, restore, revive, set up, support, sustain

   Synonyms:
   abate, abolish, abrogate, annihilate, annul, destroy, end, end, eradicate, exterminate, extirpate, nullify, obliterate, overthrow, prohibit, remove, repeal, reverse, revoke, set aside, stamp out, subvert, supplant, terminate

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1. suppress

   Antonyms:
   raise, support, fan, excite, strengthen, incite, instigate, increase, aggravate, vent, publish, promulgate, spread, disseminate, intensify

   Synonyms:
   overpower, extinguish, repress, stifle, check, subdue, quell, era h, destroy, restrain, conceal, hu n, stop, smother

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1. suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curbverb

   to put down by force or authority

   "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"

   Synonyms:
   chasten, capture, get over, master, crush, conquer, moderate, quash, keep down, surmount, restrict, bottle up, crucify, subjugate, reduce, control, curb, stamp down, hold, seize, subordinate, tame, mortify, hold in, curtail, appropriate, contain, oppress, inhibit, cut back, overcome, subdue, repress, check

2. oppress, suppress, crushverb

   come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority

   "The government oppresses political activists"

   Synonyms:
   repress, bottle up, squelch, oppress, beat, stamp down, inhibit, break down, persecute, crush, vanquish, squeeze, demolish, shell, trounce, mash, conquer, squash, beat out, curb, jam, subdue, smash

3. inhibit, bottle up, suppressverb

   control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

   Synonyms:
   curb, oppress, subdue, bottle up, crush, conquer, inhibit, repress, stamp down

4. suppress, repressverb

   put out of one's consciousness

   Synonyms:
   keep down, muffle, bottle up, oppress, stamp down, inhibit, reduce, repress, subjugate, smother, crush, quash, stifle, conquer, curb, strangle, subdue

5. suppressverb

   reduce the incidence or severity of or stop

   "suppress a yawn"; "this drug can suppress the hemorrhage"

   Synonyms:
   curb, oppress, subdue, bottle up, crush, conquer, inhibit, repress, stamp down

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1. suppressverb

   Synonyms:
   quell, overpower, put down, check, repress, restrain, secrete, conceal

How to use suppress in a sentence?

1. Gabriel Sterling:

   If you're a Georgia voter, if you want your values reflected by your elected officials, I strongly beg and encourage you : Go vote tomorrow. Do not let anybody discourage you. Do not self-suppress your own vote. Do not make a self-fulfilling prophecy out of doing this. Don't let anybody steal your vote that way, that's what's happening if you self-suppress : You are taking away your important voice from this election.

2. Charles Marmar:

   All of these make it more difficult to suppress and control traumatic memories.

3. Eric Schmitt:

   What we’ve uncovered so far is at least 45 folks from the Biden administration were in constant communication with these social media platforms to censor and suppress speech, had weekly calls, censorship calls, and these social media platforms were changing terms of service to deplatform folks, in addition to that, you literally had a high-ranking Facebook official texting the surgeon general of the United States saying, ‘Hey, we did what you ask, what more can we do?’.

4. Zhao Lijian:

   What the U.S. did proves that the so-called democracy summit is just a pretext and tool for it to pursue geopolitical goals, suppress other countries, divide the world, serve its own interest and maintain its hegemony in the world.

5. Lu Jun:

   I feel the message is that the police want to suppress my calls for solidarity with these women rights activists, the second signal is that striking down NGOs is a priority.

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