- inhibitory, repressive, repressing - restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibiting discipline"
Antonym: unrestrictive (indirect, via restrictive)
- repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce - put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"
--1 is one way to oppress, suppress, crush
Sample sentences:Derived forms: noun repression1, noun repression3
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Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
- smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress - conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn"
--2 is one way to suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something
- suppress, repress - put out of one's consciousness
--3 is one way to forget, bury
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Somebody ----s that CLAUSE