All 5 Uses of "suppress" in "The Best of Me"

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"I suppose," he answered, and she had to suppress a smile.†
p. 68.1 *

suppress = trying to keep under control
Experience told her that those activities would inevitably involve heavy drinking, but she tried to suppress her surge of anger, knowing that challenging him wouldn't do any good.†
p. 110.9
She could sense the slight rise and fall of Dawson's chest as he breathed, and she had to suppress the urge to reach for his hand again.†
p. 182.1
She collapsed into a chair, trying and failing to suppress a horrible feeling of Op vu.†
p. 299.5
Amanda's anger, so long suppressed, suddenly exploded to the surface.†
p. 305.2

suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control

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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)