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KK Pronunciation

〔 rIˋprєs 〕

Pronunciation

〔 riˊpres 〕


Overview of verb repress

The verb repress has 4 senses


  • repress, quash, keep down, subdue, subjugate, reduce -- (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")

  • smother, stifle, strangle, muffle, repress -- (conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger"; "strangle a yawn")

  • suppress, repress -- (put out of one's consciousness)

  • repress -- (block the action of)

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