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Meanings of suppression in English

Portuguese
supressão
Catalan
supressió
Spanish
represión

Forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority.

supressão
Catalan
supressió
Spanish
supresión

The act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation.

supressió
Portuguese
inibição
Catalan
inhibició
Spanish
inhibición

(Psychology) the conscious exclusion of unacceptable thoughts or desires.

inibição
Usage of suppression in English
1
The major side effect seen in the trial was bone marrow suppression.
Reuters
2
Victims groups have slammed the move, saying name suppression laws are archaic.
Radio NZ
3
It felt particularly poignant given the violent suppression of last year's protests.
The Irish Times
4
In fact, Anastas was in Budapest during the suppression there in 1956.
Revolution
5
He was in power, and prominent in the suppression of the Rebellion.
McGuffey's Sixth Eclectic Reader
6
The sweeping ban, known as suppression order, was handed down last May.
Radio NZ
7
This discovery coincided with the suppression of abolition propaganda in the South.
The Anti-Slavery Crusade: A Chronicle of the Gathering Storm
8
Background: Greater cerebral metabolic suppression may increase the brain's tolerance to ischemia.
Pubmed
9
The reason for the name suppression is also suppressed by court order.
The Guardian
10
The 25-year-old had earlier pleaded guilty to breaching a court suppression order.
Radio NZ
11
Correspondingly, CHD4 suppression results in defective DNA damage response in GBM cells.
Pubmed
12
Either it evaporates in gratification or it undergoes some metamorphosis in suppression.
To-morrow?
13
The mechanisms of action and cellular targets for Treg-mediated suppression remain controversial.
Pubmed
14
Reflex suppression in animals is strongly dependent on stimulus location and pattern.
Pubmed
15
Civil rights groups called the commission a voter suppression tactic by Trump.
Reuters
16
He arose and related the history of the suppression of the book.
The Iron Heel
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Suppression through the time
Suppression across language varieties
New Zealand
Common
United States of America
Less common
Australia
Less common
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