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DictionaryEnglish - Myanmar

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suppression

US pronunciation

American soundsuppression

suppression

Syllables: 3 syllables
Stress: Use the US audio for stress
Vowel: Spelling-based estimate
Ending: Final -sion sound

sup - pres - sion -> suppression

Myanmar meaning

Full entry

suppress /sǝ'pres/ v

၁။ နှိမ်နင်းသည်။ ဖိနှိပ်သည်။ ချုပ်ထိန်းသည်။ suppress an uprising/a revolt ❍ a drug that suppresses muscle spasms.
၂။ (က) (usu derog ) ဖုံးဖိသည်။ ကွယ်ပြက် သည်။ try to suppress the truth about sth ❍ suppress a newspaper (ie prevent it from being published) ❍ The police have been accused of suppressing evidence relating to the trial. (ခ) မျိုသိပ်သည်။ သိုသိပ်သည်။ အောင့်အည်းသည်။ မြုံထားသည်။ ချုပ်တည်းသည်။ suppress one's anger/amusement ❍ He was unable to suppress a wry smile.
❏ suppressant /sǝ'presnt/ n ထိန်းချုပ်ခြင်း စသည့် အရာ။ The chemical is believed to be an appetite suppressant.
❏ suppression /sǝ'preʃn/ n [U] နှိမ်နင်းခြင်း။ ချုပ်တည်းခြင်း။ ဖုံးဖိခြင်း။ the suppression of a revolt/the truth ❍ the suppression of one's anger.
❏ suppressor n
၁။ ချေဖျက်သည့်အရာ (သို့) ဖိနှိပ်သူ။ the body's pain suppressors ❍ the suppressor of the facts.
၂။ ရေဒီယို၊ ရုပ်မြင်သံကြားစက် စသည်တွင် လျှပ်စစ်အနှောင့် အယှက် ထိန်းချုပ်မှုကိရိယာ။

More examples

[suppress a rebellion/uprising/demonstration] : Pro-independence demonstrations were ruthlessly suppressed.
State monopolies had suppressed all forms of economic competition.
They claim that the report has been deliberately suppressed by the oil companies.
It’s bad to suppress your feelings.
Suppressed anger and resentment
She shook her head, suppressing a smile.
[suppress an urge/impulse] : I kept my voice level and suppressed the urge to hit him.
These drugs should suppress your appetite.

Synonyms

hold back, repress, stifle, restrain, contain, curb, stem, smother, check, keep in check, control, block out, cover up, hide, conceal, keep inside, bottle up, abolish, annihilate, beat down, bottle, bring to naught, burke, bury, censor, clamp, clamp down on, conquer, crack down on, crush, cut off, defeat, destroy, dominate, extinguish, hold down, hold in, hush up, interrupt, keep in, keep secret, kill, muffle, muzzle, overcome, overpower, overthrow, overturn, overwhelm, put an end to, put down, put kibosh on, put lid on, put the lid on, quash, quell, quench, shush, silence, sit on, snuff out, spike, squash, squelch, stamp out, stop, stranglehold, subdue, trample, withhold

Antonyms

aid, allow, assist, build up, compliment, encourage, express, give in, help, let go, light, open, permit, praise, publicize, release, sanction, start, submit, support, surrender, yield

Cross references

hold back repress stifle restrain contain curb stem smother check keep in check control block out cover up hide conceal keep inside bottle up abolish annihilate beat down bottle bring to naught burke bury censor clamp clamp down on conquer

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