<p><strong>Verb</strong></p><ul><li>(used with object) to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.): to suppress the Communist and certain left-leaning parties.</li><li>to do away with by or as by authority; abolish; stop (a practice, custom, etc.).</li><li>to keep in or repress (a feeling, smile, groan, etc.).</li><li>to withhold from disclosure or publication (truth, evidence, a book, names, etc.).</li><li>to stop or arrest (a flow, hemorrhage, cough, etc.).</li><li>to vanquish or subdue (a revolt, rebellion, etc.); quell; crush.</li><li>Genetics: to keep (a gene) from being expressed.</li><li>Electricity: to reduce or eliminate (an irregular or undesired oscillation or frequency) in a circuit.</li></ul><p><strong>End of Response</strong></p>