repress
verb (used with object)
to keep under control, check, or suppress (desires, feelings, actions, tears, etc.).
repressible
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a word derived from
repress.
Example Sentences
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There are three ways to control the transcription of an operon: inducible control, repressible control, and activator control.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
The trp operon is constitutive and remains ON by default, whereas the lac operon is repressible and therefore is OFF by default.
From Textbooks ● Jun. 9, 2022
There is nothing more banal, and nothing less repressible, than noting when horrific real-world events resemble movies.
From Slate ● Oct. 22, 2014
The news was the extraordinary number of spokesmen in both countries who, admitting the profound differences between them, insisted that war was repressible.
From Time Magazine Archive
A low murmur of grief, no longer repressible, ran through the little group around the litter.
From Tom Burke Of "Ours", Volume II by Charles James Lever
