All 3 Uses of "suppress" in "The Hunt for Red October"

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All 3 Uses

suppress
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The Hunt for Red October
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The rage he had almost unknowingly suppressed throughout his life had burst forth with a violence and passion that he had struggled to contain.†
Chpt 3. *

suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
Roman Catholicism had been brutally suppressed in the Baltic states.†
Chpt 3.
Ramius found himself shepherding men much like himself, with long-suppressed doubts about their country's leadership.†
Chpt 3.

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(1) (suppress)
trying to keep under control
The 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)
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Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.
(2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)