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US
/ɹiˈpɹɛs/
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VERB
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block the action of
the process of repressing gene transcription - put out of one's consciousness
- impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of
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suppress in order to conceal or hide
strangle a laugh
smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
repress a cry of fear -
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
How To Use repress In A Sentence
- The hostage-takers Bowden spoke with expressed little regret at their seizure of the embassy, but most, like Mirdamadi, lamented the role they played in cementing the repressive rule of the clerics. Into the Den of Spies
- Pollution control work, then, is typical of the many areas of social control characterized by goals of regulation rather than repression.
- Its drama is anaemic, devoid of blood, fear and the electricity of repressed desire. Times, Sunday Times
- With those resources, there's no need to plunder the Arctic Wildlife Refuge or support repressive regimes like the Saudi monarchy.
- A reputation for tolerance and civil liberties had been replaced by violence and repression.
- And after Vikarna's flight, Satruntapa, unable to repress his ire, began to afflict Partha, that obstructer of foes and achiever of super-human feats, by means of a perfect shower of arrows. The Mahabharata of Krishna-Dwaipayana Vyasa, Volume 2 Books 4, 5, 6 and 7
- The last forty pages of the publication are dedicated to the numerous journalists who have fallen the victims of repression around the world.
- Consequently, when characters share on-screen space, it is almost claustrophobic because of the heavy presence of repressed longings and unspoken desires.
- Otherwise, why else would the Deity feel the need to impose laws that repress human nature?
- Some critics will accuse Duffy of acting as apologist for a campaign of violent repression, but this would scarcely be fair: “confronted by the sanctified savageries of the Tudor age, it would be a hard heart that withheld pity from the victims or felt no indignation against the perpetrators”. A Not so Bloody Mary ?