All 10 Uses
suppress
in
Insurgent, by Veronica Roth
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- They greet us—especially Marcus—with held-in tears and suppressed smiles.†
Chpt 1suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- To my surprise, my brother suppresses his Erudite curiosity.†
Chpt 8suppresses = tries to keep under control
- Tobias's lack of expression; his anger afterward, suppressed for the sake of my sanity.†
Chpt 13suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- I notice a slight curl in her lip and suppress a grin myself.†
Chpt 14suppress = trying to keep under control
- I bite my tongue to suppress a cry of pain as one of them steps on my hand.†
Chpt 15
- I clench my teeth to suppress a groan.†
Chpt 15
- Tobias's mouth twitches, as if in a smile, but if that's what it was, he suppresses it.
Chpt 19 *suppresses = keeps it under control; or prevents it from arising
- "It should suppress some, but not all, of the activity in the prefrontal cortex," the scientist with the round glasses says.†
Chpt 29suppress = trying to keep under control
- And what happens if they suppress the activity in my prefrontal cortex—if they damage my ability to make decisions?†
Chpt 29
- Now if only you could get a simulation to suppress that particular ability, we could be done with this.†
Chpt 33
Definitions:
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(1)
(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)
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. - (2) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)