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Suppression

//səˈpɹɛʃən//

Synonyms for "suppression" (244 found)

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Informal (15)

Adj, intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, punct, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, verb, slang(5 words)

end squeeze hiding blackout checking

Intj, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(5 words)

conversion retardation maintenance coolness no-no

Adj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

General use (229)

Noun, verb(44 words)

control purge arrest overthrow blockade distance curtain let veil interference closure ending keeping choking interdict holdback blocking strangling stranglehold subduing

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Name, noun, verb(7 words)

index reserve delay ban pall holding embargo

Adj, noun, verb(12 words)

halt taboo halting forbidding contraband crushing controlling stifling suffocating humbling quelling squashing

Noun(125 words)

withdrawal detachment resistance opposition restraint reduction denial security retirement rejection discretion tenacity interruption constraint coldness repression obstruction domination exclusion stricture

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refusal tyranny elimination termination setback extinction negation fixation liquidation hindrance cancellation oppression prevention impediment occlusion restriction strangulation inhibition modesty cessation injunction curtailment holdup crushing humiliation negativism nullification annulment blockage introversion retention concealment stifling annihilation foot-dragging statute secrecy proscription constriction preservation forbidden fruit defense mechanism sublimation abolition persecution arrestation extermination censorship subdual aloofness frigidity prehension remoteness backwardness disallowance put-down chilliness despotism eradication suffocation extinguishment retardment iciness preclusion frostiness impassivity arrestment guardedness withdrawnness discreetness bashfulness extirpation impassiveness detainment interdiction obstructionism discontinuation forbiddance uncongeniality abolishment deracination symbolization blankness domestication impersonality subduedness quelling mental block retentivity inaccessibility retentiveness standoffishness restrictive covenants sumptuary laws interdictum crackdown expressionlessness unapproachability reservedness retainment unaffability reticency undemonstrativeness unexpansiveness hush-up

Adj, name, noun, verb(1 words)

foot dragging nuisance value Prohibition Party prohibitory injunction psychological block Eighteenth Amendment Volstead Act index expurgatorius index librorum prohibitorum zoning laws barrier of secrecy ironbound security oath of secrecy official secrecy seal of secrecy veil of secrecy

Name, noun(3 words)

detention prohibition iron curtain

Proper Noun(1 words)

Adj, verb(3 words)

hindering terminating obstructing

Intj, noun(1 words)

Verb(15 words)

choking off closing up precluding ruling out prohibiting putting down gentling snuffing out rooting out locking in bottling up holding in corking up treading down interdicting

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