- to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.
- to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).
- to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).
- to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).
- to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).
- to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush.
- to keep (a gene) from being expressed: Let's say that future genetic engineers discover a gene for suicidal depression, and learn how to suppress the gene or adjust it.
- to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.
- to put an end to; prohibit
- to hold in check; restrain
- to withhold from circulation or publication
- to stop the activities of; crush
- electronics
- to reduce or eliminate (unwanted oscillations) in a circuit
- to eliminate (a particular frequency or group of frequencies) in a signal
- psychiatry
- to resist consciously (an idea or a desire entering one's mind)
- to exercise self-control by preventing the expression of (certain desires)
