Main entry: repress
Definition: block the action of
Definition: put out of one's consciousness
Main entry: repress, smother, stifle, strangle, muffle
Definition: conceal or hide
Usage: smother a yawn; muffle one's anger; strangle a yawn
Main entry: subdue, subjugate, quash, reduce, repress, keep down
Definition: put down by force or intimidation
Usage: The government quashes any attempt of an uprising; China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently; The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land