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- Definition
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- repress :put down by force or intimidation
- The government quashes any attempt of an uprising|China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently|The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
- repress :suppress in order to conceal or hide
- smother a yawn|muffle one's anger|strangle a laugh|repress a cry of fear
- repress :block the action of
- the process of repressing gene transcription
- repress :impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
- repress :put out of one's consciousness