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s-uh-PRES/səˈpres/

To suppress is to stop something being seen, published, felt, or expressed: suppress a report, suppress a cough, suppress dissent. Hide is everyday; censor (already in the dictionary) is official cutting; publish sits opposite. Do not bury an incident log to save a slogan.

Meaning

To stop something from being seen, published, or expressed.

Examples

• “Do not suppress the incident log to protect a slogan.”
• “Hide is everyday. Censor is already in this course. Quash is legal/strong. Repress is political/psychological. A slogan is a line of copy. A log is evidence. Evidence belongs in the file, not in a drawer.”

Good to know

Hold down or hide from view. Everyday: hide. Close: censor (already in the dictionary). A slogan is not a reason to bury a log.

Near in meaning

censor

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