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Exact Match:

repress

put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land"

Synonyms:

• arrest,
• asphyxiate,
• ban,
• bar,
• bate,
• beat down,
• black out,
• blunt,
• bottle up,
• break,
• browbeat,
• bulldoze,
• bully,
• castrate,
• censor,
• check,
• choke off,
• clamp down on,
• coerce,
• collect,
• compel,
• constrain,
• contain,
• control,
• cool,
• cork,
• cork up,
• countercheck,
• cow,
• crack down on,
• crush,
• curb,
• dam up,
• damp,
• damp down,
• dampen,
• daunt,
• debar,
• delay,
• deny,
• despotize,
• detain,
• deter,
• disallow,
• discourage,
• disedge,
• domineer,
• domineer over,
• draw the teeth,
• drown,
• dull,
• embargo,
• enjoin,
• enslave,
• exclude,
• exclude from,
• extinguish,
• forbid,
• frustrate,
• gag,
• grind,
• grind down,
• hamper,
• henpeck,
• hinder,
• hold back,
• hold down,
• hold in,
• hold in check,
• hold up,
• hugger-mugger,
• hush,
• hush up,
• hush-hush,
• impede,
• inhibit,
• intercept,
• interdict,
• interfere,
• intermeddle,
• interrupt,
• intervene,
• intimidate,
• jump on,
• keep,
• keep back,
• keep down,
• keep in,
• keep in check,
• keep under,
• keep under control,
• kill,
• limit,
• lock in,
• lord it over,
• maintain,
• meddle,
• muffle,
• muzzle,
• obtund,
• oppose,
• oppress,
• outlaw,
• overawe,
• overbear,
• overcome,
• overmaster,
• override,
• pour water on,
• preclude,
• preserve,
• press heavy on,
• prevent,
• prohibit,
• proscribe,
• put down,
• quash,
• quell,
• quench,
• refuse,
• rein,
• reject,
• resist,
• restrain,
• retain,
• retard,
• retund,
• ride over,
• ride roughshod over,
• rule out,
• save,
• save up,
• say no to,
• scotch,
• set back,
• shush,
• shut down on,
• shut out,
• silence,
• simmer down,
• sit down on,
• sit on,
• slacken,
• smash,
• smother,
• snub,
• squash,
• squelch,
• stanch,
• stifle,
• strangle,
• stultify,
• subdue,
• subjugate,
• sublimate,
• suffocate,
• suppress,
• taboo,
• terrorize,
• throttle,
• trample down,
• trample upon,
• tread down,
• tread upon,
• turn,
• tyrannize,
• tyrannize over,
• unman,
• walk all over,
• walk over,
• weaken,
• weigh heavy on