All 17 Uses of
suppress
in
Dune
- Hawat suppressed a smile, strode across the room.†
Book 1
- Perhaps there was reason to suppress this.†
Book 1
- Paul suppressed a laugh.
Book 1 *suppressed = prevented (stopped/controlled)
- The rage was difficult to suppress.†
Book 1
- Then he looked squarely at Paul, seeing the boy who had taken on the mantle of manhood, masking grief, suppressing all except the position that now must be assumed—the dukedom.†
Book 2
- He suppressed a sudden anger, said: "Mother, don't you think we could do without …."†
Book 2
- I must suppress such longings, she thought.†
Book 2
- Jessica, pulled into the end of the troop by eager hands, hemmed around by jostling bodies, suppressed a moment of panic.†
Book 2
- Paul saw that he had already suppressed the odorous assault on his senses.†
Book 2
- And as she saw the killing of it in her new memory, she suppressed a gasp.†
Book 2
- But they suppress it because it terrifies.†
Book 2
- The Baron trembled with the effort of suppressing anger.†
Book 3
- He suppressed his anger, tried to talk reasonably.†
Book 3
- He suppressed a sudden urge to cavort there, to turn the worm, to show off his mastery of this creature.†
Book 3
- Chani suppressed the desire to dash forward, throw herself across him.†
Book 3
- I shouldn't enjoy this, but I find the pleasure impossible to suppress.†
Book 3
- Paul smiled, circling to the right, alert, his black thoughts suppressed by the needs of the moment.†
Book 3
Definition:
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(suppress) trying to keep under controlThe exact meaning of suppress can depend upon its context. For example:
- "suppressed the revolution" -- to stop others from doing something by force
- "suppressed a smile" -- kept something from happening
- "suppressed the story" -- kept news from spreading
- "suppressed her fear" -- controlled an emotion
- "suppressed the memory" -- avoided thinking about (perhaps even removed from conscious memory)
editor's notes: Synonym Comparison (if you're into word choice):
Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.