· 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"

Synonym(s): quash, keep_down, subdue, subjugate, reduce

Hypernym(s): oppress, suppress, crush

· impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of

Hypernym(s): impede, hinder

· suppress in order to conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a laugh"; "repress a cry of fear"

Synonym(s): smother, stifle, strangle, muffle

Hypernym(s): inhibit, bottle_up, suppress

· put out of one's consciousness

Synonym(s): suppress

Hypernym(s): forget, bury

· block the action of; "the process of repressing gene transcription";

Hypernym(s): change

· restrictive of action; "a repressive regime"; "an overly strict and inhibitory discipline"

Synonym(s): inhibitory, repressive