suppress
verb (used with object)
to put an end to the activities of (a person, body of persons, etc.).
suppressible
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a word derived from
suppress.
Example Sentences
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As usual, Moscow suppressed the news as long as it was suppressible.
From Time Magazine Archive
The day is our own, my Grumkow; yes, our own, my Nosti:—and so our Colloquy of Rookeries shall be suppressible henceforth.
From History of Friedrich II of Prussia — Volume 07 by Thomas Carlyle
Not reconcilable by man; not manageable, suppressible, save by some strongest and wisest men;—which only a lightly-jesting lightly-gyrating M. de Maurepas can so much as subsist amidst.
From The French Revolution by Thomas Carlyle
