All 9 Uses of
suppress
in
No Easy Day
- My primary weapon that I used daily was a suppressed Heckler & Koch (H&K) 416 with the ten-inch barrel and an EOTech optical red dot sight with a 3X magnifier.†
p. 44.9suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- It was also suppressed, and on top I mounted a 2.5X10 Nightforce scope.†
p. 45.0
- I ran with a suppressed MP7 submachine gun on a few missions, but it lacked the knockdown power of my H&K 416.†
p. 45.3
- Several times we shot fighters in one room with a suppressed MP7 and their comrades next door didn't wake up.†
p. 45.5 *
- The grenade suppressed the fire immediately, giving Steve and his team vital seconds to close on the house without taking any casualties.†
p. 110.4
- Just as we reached the door to our building, I could make out the faint sound of a second sniper's suppressed rifle opening fire.†
p. 132.9
- "That is not a suppressed weapon," I thought.†
p. 220.9
- Unsuppressed rounds meant enemy fire.†
p. 221.0unsuppressed = uncontrolledstandard prefix: The prefix "un-" in unsuppressed means not and reverses the meaning of suppressed. This is the same pattern you see in words like unhappy, unknown, and unlucky.
- We were less than five steps from getting to the top when I heard suppressed shots.†
p. 235.4suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
Definition:
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)
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.
Suppress and repress can be interchanged; though in psychology something that is repressed is done unconsciously while something that is suppressed is done voluntarily.