Crossword-Solution: SUPPRESS 8 letters, 72 clues 🏆 scrabble score: 12

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Word Word Type Definition
Suppress v. t. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to
quell.
Suppress v. t. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to
suppress the voice; to suppress a smile.
Suppress v. t. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to
reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to
suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth.
Suppress v. t. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as,
to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

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We have 72 clues for the answer “SUPPRESS”

Clue Answers
Hold back or restrain forcefully 1 answer
drown out 1 answer
Push down, as bad memories 1 answer
Prevent, inhibit 1 answer
Hold back or hold down 1 answer
Crush, put down 1 answer
ADVERTISE (ant.) 3 answers
CONVEY (ant.) 3 answers
ANNOUNCE (ant.) 3 answers
Subdue by force 3 answers
CARRY (ant.) 4 answers
HERALD (ant.) 5 answers
ALLOCATE (ant.) 6 answers
IMPART (ant.) 6 answers
CIRCULATE (ant.) 6 answers
Put an end to a rebellion 7 answers
DECLARE (ant.) 7 answers
Keep secret 8 answers
Elide 9 answers
Nip in the bud 9 answers
INCITE (ant.) 9 answers
FIND (ant.) 9 answers
BEAT down 11 answers
Squelch 13 answers
ENCOURAGE (ant.) 14 answers
Quench 16 answers
Put the kibosh on 21 answers
militate against 23 answers
enslave 24 answers
Obviate 25 answers
strangulate 26 answers
overcrowd 26 answers
burke 27 answers
Invalidate 27 answers
Stomp 27 answers
tread on 27 answers
Withhold. 28 answers
garrotte 29 answers
-- squash 29 answers
Throttle 32 answers
congest 33 answers
strangle 39 answers
Conquer 39 answers
subjugate 40 answers
vacate 42 answers
contain 43 answers
Vanquish 44 answers
shut off 44 answers
annihilate 45 answers
Keep back 45 answers
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Hint 1 meaning
An inflammatory disease of the skin, characterized by the presence of redness and itching, an eruption of small vesicles, and the discharge of a watery exudation, which often dries up, leaving the skin covered with crusts; -- called also tetter, milk crust, and salt rheum.
Hint 2 anagram
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Hint 3 another clue
eruption
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Sentences with SUPPRESS (5)

They suppress the truth rather than take the consequences of telling it, and in so doing prove themselves a part of the human family.
Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass Frederick Douglass 1992
None of them was able to suppress the revolt and to overthrow the republic which had been established in Haiti.
The Black Experience in America Norman Coombs 2008
Professor Porter strove manfully to suppress his own emotions, but the strain upon his nerves and weakened vitality were too much for him, and at length, burying his old face in the girl’s shoulder, he sobbed quietly like a tired child.
Tarzan of the Apes Edgar Rice Burroughs 1993
Hence, after fruitless attempts to suppress such investigations indirectly by making them liable to a heavy tax, the Legislature, in comparatively recent times, absolutely prohibited them.
Flatland Edwin A. Abbott 1994
Let them look round and select a spot whence they can best suppress insurrection, if any prove refractory within, and also defend themselves against enemies, who like wolves may come down on the fold from without; there let them encamp, and when they have encamped, let them sacrifice to the proper Gods and prepare their dwellings.
Plato's Republic Plato 2008

Quotes with SUPPRESS (3)

A celibate clergy is an especially good idea, because it tends to suppress any hereditary propensity toward fanaticism.
Carl Sagan
Noah shifted on the bed, and the oddest crunching sound came underneath him. I looked, really looked, at the bed for the first time." What," I asked slowly, as I eyed the animal crackers strewn all over it, "the hell?""You were convinced they were your pets," Noah said, not even trying to suppress his laughter. "You wouldn't let me touch them.
Michelle Hodkin The Unbecoming of Mara Dyer
Close your eyes and picture it. Can you see it?" I nod, eyes closed. its texture, shape, and color — got it?" I smile, holding the image in my head. its contours with the tips of your fingers, cradle its weight in the palms of your hands, then combine all of your senses — sight, touch, smell, taste — can you taste it?" I bite my lip and suppress a giggle. it!" he says. So I do. I do all of those things. And when he groans, I open my eyes to see for myself.. This isn't even cl…
Alyson Noel Blue Moon
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