We repress the fact that we eat animals rather than barcoded containers from the supermarket.
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Repress
//ɹəˈpɹɛs//
Synonyms for "repress" (232 found)
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Strong matches (69)
countercheckcowcrack down oncurbdamdam updampdamp downdampendauntdebardefeatdelaydenydespotizedetaindeterdisallowdiscouragedisedge
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domineerdomineer overdraw the teethdrowndullembargoenjoinenslaveexcludeexclude fromextinguishforbidfrustrategaggoverngrindgrind downhamperhenpeckhidehinderholdhold backhold downhold inhold in checkhold uphugger muggerhugger-muggerhushhush uphush-hushimpedeinhibitinterceptinterdictinterfereintermeddleinterruptintervene
Related words (116)
intimidatejump onkeepkeep backkeep downkeep inkeep in checkkeep underkeep under controlkilllimitlock inlord it overmaintainmastermeddlemufflemuzzleobtundoppose
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oppressoutlawoveraweoverbearovercomeovermasteroverridepersistpour water onprecludepreservepress heavy onpreventprohibitproscribeput downquashquellquenchrefusereinrejectresistretainretardretundride override roughshod overrule outsavesave upsay no toscotchset backshushshut downshut down onshut outsilencesimmer downsit down onsit onslackensmashsnubsquashsquelchstampstanchstiflestranglestultifysubduesubjugatesublimatesuffocateswallowtabootake the edge offterrorizethrottletrample downtrample upontread downtread uponturntyrannizetyrannize overunmanwalk all overwalk overweakenweigh heavy on
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61 translations across 23 languages.
Basque
1 entries- zapaldu verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Bulgarian
3 entries- възпирам verb (to keep back)
- потушавам verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- сдържам verb (to keep back)
Catalan
2 entries- reprimir verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- reprimir verb (to keep back)
Chinese Mandarin
3 entries- 抑制 verb (to keep back)
- 重新壓製 /重新压制 verb (press again)
- 鎮壓 /镇压 verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Czech
4 entries- potlačit verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- potlačovat verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- zadržet verb (to keep back)
- zadržovat verb (to keep back)
Esperanto
3 entries- deteni verb (to keep back)
- subpremi verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- sufoki verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Finnish
3 entries- painaa uudelleen verb (press again)
- pidättää verb (to keep back)
- tukahduttaa verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
French
4 entries- opprimer verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- represser verb (press again)
- retenir verb (to keep back)
- réprimer verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Galician
1 entries- reprimir verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
German
3 entries- unterbinden verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- unterdrücken verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- zurückdrängen verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Hungarian
1 entries- elfojt verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Khmer
1 entries- បង្ក្រាប verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Latin
2 entries- reprimo verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- reprimo verb (to keep back)
Māori
4 entries- koropehu verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- kurupena verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- tāmoe verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- whakakōmau verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Persian
2 entries- سرکوب کردن verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- سرکوفتن verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Portuguese
1 entries- reprimir verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Russian
4 entries- воздержаться verb (to keep back)
- воздерживаться verb (to keep back)
- подавить verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- подавить verb (to keep back)
Spanish
2 entries- reprimir verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- reprimir verb (to keep back)
Thai
2 entries- กลั้น verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
- ระงับ verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Tibetan
1 entries- བཙན་གནོན་བྱས verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Tocharian B
1 entries- mäl verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Vietnamese
1 entries- đàn áp verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Welsh
1 entries- adwthio verb (forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing)
Sample sentences
10 total sentences available.
I could not repress a keen thrill of sympathy for the child, whoever it was, whose only Christmas was to watch, in cold and storm, the rich banquet ungratefully enjoyed by the lonely bachelor.
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Don't repress your emotions.
Source: tatoeba (9227368)
The report also discusses actions by governments and other groups to repress the news media.
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