repression
noun
[ rɪˈprɛʃən ]
• the action of subduing someone or something by force.
• "students sparked off events that ended in brutal repression"
Similar:
suppression,
quelling,
quashing,
subduing,
crushing,
squashing,
stamping out,
squelching,
oppression,
subjugation,
domination,
tyranny,
subjection,
despotism,
dictatorship,
authoritarianism,
censorship,
