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REPRESS

Definition:

[verb] 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"
Synonyms: quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce
[verb] conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
Synonyms: smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
[verb] put out of one's consciousness
Synonyms: suppress