suppress meaning
EN
[səˈpɹɛs] [-ɛs] 
US - VerbSGsuppressesPRsuppressingPT, PPsuppressedSUF-ress
- To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
- To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
- I struggled to suppress my smile.
- (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
- He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- To prevent publication.
- The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- To stop a flow or stream.
- The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
- Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
- (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
- (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
- OBS To hold in place, to keep low.
- To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
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- Used in the Middle of Sentence
- He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- I'm headed back down the elevator, having suppressed the impulse to buy an Eiffel Tower table lamp or pencil sharpener.
- Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids suppress HMG-CoA reductase and have anticancerogenic properties through the induction of cell necrosis or apoptosis [19 ,20 ].
- Used in the Ending of Sentence
- Court ruled that physical evidence that was the fruit of an unmirandized interrogation, need not be suppressed.
- Used in the Middle of Sentence
Definition of suppress in English Dictionary
- Part-of-Speech Hierarchy
- Verbs
- Verbs
- en suppressed
- en suppression
- fr suppression
- en suppresses
- en suppressor
Source: Wiktionary
Grammatically, this word "suppress" is a verb.