suppressing
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suppressing
verb
- present participle and gerund of suppress The dispatches […] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, emp
noun suppressings
- The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.
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Closest in meaning: repress, subdue, inhibit, oppress, conquer, crush, curb, bottle up, stamp down, suppression, repressive, repression, repressed, stopping, quelling, stop
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