suppressed

[suh-prest]

adjective

1. stopped or kept from carrying on normal activity.

   In the late 1700s, all members of the suppressed Jesuit Order flocked to Rome from other European countries where they were not tolerated.

2. kept in or repressed, as a laugh, feeling, thought, etc..

   I heard a suppressed giggle from under the bed.

3. withheld from disclosure or publication.

   There is a reasonable probability that the suppressed evidence would have produced a different verdict.

4. stopped or arrested, as a cough, bodily process, etc..

   Their study examines how viral therapy combined with a suppressed immune response could be more effective against solid tumors.

5. vanquished or subdued; quelled.

   Six casino workers were killed in a brutally suppressed strike.

6. done away with or abolished, by or as by authority.

   Generations later, descendants of the colonists have generally accepted the formerly suppressed practice of tattooing.

7. kept from being expressed genetically.

   The promise of reversing sickle cell disease symptoms by reactivating a suppressed gene has attracted considerable interest.

verb

1. the simple past tense and past participle of suppress.

Other Word Forms

• suppressedly adverb
• nonsuppressed adjective
• quasi-suppressed adjective
• unsuppressed adjective
• well-suppressed adjective

Word History and Origins

Origin of suppressed¹

suppress ( def. ) + -ed ² ( def. )

Example Sentences

Footage of the protests was suppressed for almost a week when the government imposed a near-total internet blackout and threatened to jail anyone caught sharing any videos from the protests, saying it could cause unrest.

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The “November effect” refers to the idea that stocks that were suppressed by tax-loss selling in October are supposed to rebound in November as that selling pressure eases.

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The rise of populism has been characterized by a liberalization of thought and speech that had previously been suppressed by the prevailing authorities of orthodoxy.

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Despite not holding a formal position, the 38-year-old has ordered the detention of journalists, suppressed antigovernment protests and commanded a unit that opposition politicians and rights activists say had abducted and tortured government critics.

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The vote is suppressed by confusion, chaos and the velvet glove, because of course it’s reasonable to want to know the truth before we move forward.

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