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suppress
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The Silver Music Box
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- Lotte suppressed a sob as she noted down the message on good deckle-edged paper.†
p. 33.6suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- He fought to suppress grunts as he hoisted the sacks of sand over his shoulder to stack them up against the wall.†
p. 41.9 *suppress = trying to keep under control
- A sob rose up in Lotte, which she suppressed forcibly.†
p. 53.3suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- The young jeweler suppressed a curse.†
p. 55.9
- Paul suppressed a smile.†
p. 109.1
- He winced and suppressed a groan.†
p. 122.6
- Peter suppressed a sigh of relief.†
p. 156.9
- It was hard enough to suppress thoughts of relatives in faraway Germany, but it was downright impossible to get this older sister business out of her head.†
p. 190.8suppress = trying to keep under control
- Then she heard a noise that sounded like suppressed sobbing.†
p. 232.5suppressed = kept or tried to keep under control
- Sam suppressed a smile.†
p. 235.2
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)