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Smother :: Smother (v. t.) Hence, to repress the action of; to cover from public view; to suppress; to conceal; as, to smother one's displeasure..

Repress :: Repress (n.) The act of repressing.

Hush :: Hush (v. t.) To still; to silence; to calm; to make quiet; to repress the noise or clamor of.

Daunt :: Daunt (v. t.) To repress or subdue the courage of; to check by fear of danger; to cow; to intimidate; to dishearten.

Check :: Check (v. t.) To put a sudden restraint upon; to stop temporarily; to hinder; to repress; to curb.

Restrain :: Restrain (v. t.) To draw back again; to hold back from acting, proceeding, or advancing, either by physical or moral force, or by any interposing obstacle; to repress or suppress; to keep down; to curb..

Suppression :: Suppression (n.) The act of suppressing, or the state of being suppressed; repression; as, the suppression of a riot, insurrection, or tumult; the suppression of truth, of reports, of evidence, and the like..

Blunt :: Blunt (v. t.) To repress or weaken, as any appetite, desire, or power of the mind; to impair the force, keenness, or susceptibility, of; as, to blunt the feelings..

Coerce :: Coerce (v. t.) To restrain by force, especially by law or authority; to repress; to curb..

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back..

Slacken :: Slacken (v. t.) To cause to become less eager; to repress; to make slow or less rapid; to retard; as, to slacken pursuit; to slacken industry..

Repress :: Repress (v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent..

Stop :: Stop (n.) The act of stopping, or the state of being stopped; hindrance of progress or of action; cessation; repression; interruption; check; obstruction..

Constrain :: Constrain (v. t.) To hold back by force; to restrain; to repress.

Effervesce :: Effervesce (v. i.) To exhibit, in lively natural expression, feelings that can not be repressed or concealed; as, to effervesce with joy or merriment..

Mutter :: Mutter (n.) Repressed or obscure utterance.

Irrepressible :: Irrepressible (a.) Not capable of being repressed, restrained, or controlled; as, irrepressible joy; an irrepressible conflict..

Dipsomaniac :: Dipsomaniac (n.) One who has an irrepressible desire for alcoholic drinks.

Kuklux :: Kuklux (n.) The name adopted in the southern part of the United States by a secret political organization, active for several years after the close of the Civil War, and having for its aim the repression of the political power of the freedmen; -- called also Kuklux Klan..

Irrepressibly :: Irrepressibly (adv.) In a manner or to a degree that can not be repressed.

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