American English pronunciation

How to pronounce repress

IPA transcription: [ɹip'ɹɛs]

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Verb

  • 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”

  • conceal or hide

    “smother a yawn”

    “muffle one's anger”

    “strangle a yawn”

  • put out of one's consciousness

  • 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.