All 4 Uses of "repress" in "Interview with the Vampire"

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All 4 Uses

repress
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Interview with the Vampire
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And the boy, staring up at the vampire, could not repress a gasp.†
Part 1 *
He turned on me suddenly, his voice dropping with repressed outrage.†
Part 1
He'd fallen against the stone wall opposite and let out a snarl of unrepressed anger.†
Part 3

unrepressed = not held back or oppressed

standard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unrepressed means not and reverses the meaning of repressed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
I couldn't repress a bitter smile.†
Part 3

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(1) (repress as in: she repressed a laugh)
to hold something back (not allow it to be expressed)
(2) (repress as in: repressed the rebellion)
to forcefully subdue or prevent actions by others
(3) (repress as in: repressed the memory)
suppress from conscious awareness a memory, thought, feeling or desire
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)