Usually means: Inhibit or restrain an action.
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We found 34 dictionaries that define the word suppress:

General (26 matching dictionaries)
  1. suppress: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
  2. suppress: Merriam-Webster
  3. suppress: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  4. suppress: American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language
  5. suppress: Collins English Dictionary
  6. suppress: Vocabulary.com
  7. Suppress, suppress: Wordnik
  8. suppress: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  9. suppress: Wiktionary
  10. suppress: Webster's New World College Dictionary, 4th Ed.
  11. suppress: The Wordsmyth English Dictionary-Thesaurus
  12. suppress: Infoplease Dictionary
  13. suppress: Dictionary.com
  14. suppress: Online Etymology Dictionary
  15. suppress: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  16. Suppress: Online Plain Text English Dictionary
  17. suppress: Webster's Revised Unabridged, 1913 Edition
  18. suppress: Rhymezone
  19. suppress: AllWords.com Multi-Lingual Dictionary
  20. suppress: Webster's 1828 Dictionary
  21. suppress: FreeDictionary.org
  22. suppress: Mnemonic Dictionary
  23. suppress: TheFreeDictionary.com
  24. suppress: Wikimedia Commons US English Pronunciations

Business (4 matching dictionaries)
  1. suppress: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. suppress: Webster's New World Law Dictionary
  3. Glossary of Legal Terms (No longer online)
  4. suppress: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. suppress: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. suppress: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. suppress: Medical dictionary

Religion (1 matching dictionary)
  1. Scientology® and Dianetics® (No longer online)

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Definitions from Wiktionary (
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American English Definition British English Definition
verb:  To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
verb:  To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
verb:  (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
verb:  To prevent publication.
verb:  To stop a flow or stream.
verb:  (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
verb:  (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
verb:  (military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
verb:  (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.

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