suppress
sup·press / səˈpres/ • v. [tr.] forcibly put an end to: the uprising was savagely suppressed. ∎ prevent the development, action, or expression of (a feeling, impulse, idea, etc.); restrain: she could not suppress a rising panic. ∎ prevent the dissemination of (information): the report had been suppressed. ∎ prevent or inhibit (a process or reaction): use of the drug suppressed the immune response. ∎ partly or wholly eliminate (electrical interference). ∎ Psychoanalysis consciously inhibit (an unpleasant idea or memory) to avoid considering it.DERIVATIVES: sup·press·i·ble adj.sup·pres·sive / -siv/ adj.sup·pres·sor / -sər/ n.
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suppress To prevent the output or sensing of selected data or signals. See also zero suppression.
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