- suppress, stamp down, inhibit, subdue, conquer, curb - to put down by force or authority; "suppress a nascent uprising"; "stamp down on littering"; "conquer one's desires"
--1 is one way to control, hold in, hold, contain, check, curb, moderate
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
Something ----s something