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Synonyms for suppression
səˈprɛʃ ənsup·pres·sion

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Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. suppressionnoun

    the failure to develop some part or organ

    Synonyms:
    stifling, crushing, curtailment, quelling, inhibition

  2. suppression, curtailmentnoun

    the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

    "a suppression of the newspaper"

    Synonyms:
    inhibition, stifling, quelling, curtailment, downsizing, crushing, retrenchment

  3. suppression, crushing, quelling, stiflingnoun

    forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority

    "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

    Synonyms:
    stifling, crushing, curtailment, quelling, inhibition

  4. inhibition, suppressionnoun

    (psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires

    Synonyms:
    inhibition, forbiddance, stifling, curtailment, prohibition, crushing, quelling

Dictionary of English Synonymes0.0 / 0 votes

  1. suppressionnoun

    Synonyms:
    overthrow, crushing, quelling

  2. suppressionnoun

    Synonyms:
    restraint, repression, check, stoppage

  3. suppressionnoun

    Synonyms:
    concealment

  4. suppressionnoun

    Synonyms:
    (Gram. & Rhet.) omission (as of a letter or a word)

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words0.0 / 0 votes

  1. suppressionnoun

    Synonyms:
    quelling, overthrow, repression, restraint, concealment, secretion

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How to use suppression in a sentence?

  1. Thiruman Archunan:

    Wherever and whenever a woman is harassed, abused and exploited there could be found a religion or some kind of irrational belief and suppression of reason among the minds of men or women who were responsible for the exploitation.

  2. Bobi Wine:

    When leaders become misleaders and mentors become tormentors when freedom of expression becomes a target of suppression opposition becomes our position - Bobi Wine

  3. Kathryn Garcia:

    I have a plan that includes making sure that we have the gun suppression division, which targets gun traffickers and gun violence, and has been disrupting that violence over the last year.

  4. Todd Katzner:

    The bald eagle population is growing rapidly in North America, but golden eagle populations are stable or declining at best, their populations are at about 30,000 … any amount of suppression is something that is going to raise eyebrows. The findings of the study have renewed calls among conservationists, pleading with hunters to use non-lead ammunition.The federal government bannedlead ammunition in hunting waterfowl in 1991. A number of states enforce their own regulations on top of that. California banned the use of lead bullets by hunters 2019. 2021 WAS SAFEST HUNTING SEASON EVER FOR THIS US STATE Chris Parish, president of the Peregrine Fund, believes most hunters do n’t know about the toxic effects of lead. He co-founded the North American Non-Lead Partnership to educate hunters and encourage them to voluntarily switch to alternative ammunitions that do n’t use lead – like copper bullets.

  5. John Sarbanes:

    The 2020 election underscored the need for comprehensive, structural democracy reform, americans across the country were forced to overcome rampant voter suppression, gerrymandering and a torrent of special-interest dark money just to exercise their vote and their voice in our democracy.


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