1. (

• 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" ;

2. (

• repress ,

) impede or hinder the natural development or self-expression of ;

3. (

• smother ,
• stifle ,
• strangle ,
• muffle ,
• repress

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

4. (

• suppress ,
• repress

) put out of one's consciousness ;

5. (

• repress

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