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Meanings of suppressed in English

Catalan
suprimit

Kept from public knowledge by various means;

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suprimit

Held in check with difficulty.

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Examples for "stifled"
Examples for "stifled"
1
The conflict in his mind again began; anger and failure stifled him.
Around the World in Eighty Days
2
Magee College's development has been stifled by institutional opposition and political neglect.
The Irish Times
3
Until recently, I was feeling stifled by the tyranny of the new.
Wired
4
Timid yet violent, he stammered; the words were stifled in his throat.
The Red Lily — Volume 02
5
The need of money stifled the best that was in my nature.
In Friendship's Guise
1
The answer was slow and smothered; and, of course, in the negative.
The Red Rover: A Tale
2
Plain dresses simply do not exist; everything is smothered with elaborate decoration.
The Irish Times
3
Gradually it brightened and a smothered sob found place in the roses.
The Shield of Silence
4
At times, she seemed smothered by the number of her charges, too.
Knife of dreams
5
I stopped, my dim spark of curiosity smothered by my common sense.
The Name of the Wind
1
The good intentions of the social worker strangled by local authority bureaucracies.
The Guardian
2
Four of the victims were shot and the fifth strangled, Caldwell said.
Reuters
3
Ten years ago she could have strangled Bedelia Morse with one hand.
Mine
4
According to Moreira, Fernandes was present when Santos strangled the former model.
The Guardian
5
Geraldine Diver was strangled in her car in Dublin nine years ago.
The Irish Times

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Usage of suppressed in English
1
Legitimate political activities and speech by American citizens are not being suppressed.
War by other means: an insider's account of the war on terror
2
In other areas unemployment and high supply are keeping the market suppressed.
The Irish Times
3
Not that debate on this issue should be suppressed, quite the contrary.
The Irish Times
4
The Mississippi infant's virus, however, remained suppressed for 27 months without treatment.
Ebony
5
Moreover, it effectively suppressed tumor growth in mice without major side effects.
Pubmed
6
In this case, the identity of the accused is no longer suppressed.
Radio NZ
7
The government has flooded the region with troops and suppressed spreading unrest.
Reuters
8
In certain cases passages were suppressed; in others they were considerably altered.
Jasmin: Barber, Poet, Philanthropist
9
Settus trembled with suppressed violence but years of ingrained discipline halted him.
Roma Victrix
10
One word only, but everyone present heard the long-suppressed note of command.
The darkest road
11
Local people's protests were suppressed by police deployed by the local officials.
Rock and Ice Magazine
12
Hobbs suppressed the resulting measurement from public disclosure, Radio New Zealand reported.
The South African
13
The reason for the name suppression is also suppressed by court order.
The Guardian
14
Foster parents charged with abuse - should their names have been suppressed?
Radio NZ
15
The suppressed fury in Madame Fontaine began to get beyond her control.
Jezebel's Daughter
16
The noise of labor had ceased, and the human voice was suppressed.
Sketches of the Covenanters
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Catalan
suprimit
Suppressed through the time
Suppressed across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United Kingdom
Common
United States of America
Common
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