American English pronunciation
How to pronounce repress
IPA transcription: [ɹip'ɹɛs]
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Verb
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put down by force or intimidation
“The government quashes any attempt of an uprising”
“China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently”
“The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land”
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conceal or hide
“smother a yawn”
“muffle one's anger”
“strangle a yawn”
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put out of one's consciousness
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block the action of
Usage examples
- The lac repressor is a four-part protein, a tetramer, with identical subunits.
- Lastly, the regulatory gene is the gene for the repressor protein.
- Thus, Sobchak's supporters saw the criminal proceedings as a political repression.
- Kathleen was nicknamed "Kick" because of her "irrepressible nature".
- Through him, Leyla encountered state repression in its fullest, and that inevitably politicized her.
- This leads to its repression.
- Livonian culture was repressed during the Soviet period.
- He is repressed, controlling, and quiet; she is loud, emotional, and romantic.
- That demonstrates that the borders around the prepress are very fluid.
- In the document he wrote that General Augusto Pinochet personally ordered these repressive measures.