repress
verb
[ rɪˈprɛs ]
• subdue (someone or something) by force.
• "the uprisings were repressed"
Similar:
suppress,
quell,
quash,
subdue,
put down,
put an end to,
crush,
squash,
extinguish,
stamp out,
put a stop to,
stop,
end,
nip in the bud,
defeat,
conquer,
rout,
overpower,
overwhelm,
triumph over,
trounce,
vanquish,
get the better of,
contain,
gain control over,
gain mastery over,
squelch,
oppress,
subjugate,
hold down,
keep down,
rule with a rod of iron,
rule with an iron hand,
dominate,
intimidate,
master,
domineer over,
tyrannize,
subject,
overcome,
Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘keep back something objectionable’): from Latin repress- ‘pressed back, checked’, from the verb reprimere, from re- ‘back’ + premere ‘to press’.
