repress
IPA: riprˈɛs
noun
- A record pressed again; a repressing.
verb
- (transitive) To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further.
- (transitive, by extension) To check; to keep back.
- To press again.
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Examples of "repress" in Sentences
- The leadership of the president repressed.
- He praised the repression of the Hussites.
- That road leads to timidity and repression.
- The event symbolized the end of repression.
- After the executions, the repression stopped.
- Anything less would be the repression of the facts.
- The government enlisted the military for repression.
- The repression was successful in breaking the strike.
- Cameron said repression is the backdrop of the scene.
- It led to abandonment of the effort to repress ritualism.
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