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Webster 1828 Edition


Suppressing

SUPPRESS'ING

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ppr.
Subduing; destroying; retaining closely; concealing; hindering from disclosure or publication; obstructing.

Definition 2024


suppressing

suppressing

English

Verb

suppressing

  1. present participle of suppress
    • 2013 June 7, Gary Younge, Hypocrisy lies at heart of Manning prosecution”, in The Guardian Weekly, volume 188, number 26, page 18:
      The dispatches [] also exposed the blatant discrepancy between the west's professed values and actual foreign policies. Having lectured the Arab world about democracy for years, its collusion in suppressing freedom was undeniable as protesters were met by weaponry and tear gas made in the west, employed by a military trained by westerners.

Noun

suppressing (plural suppressings)

  1. The act by which something is suppressed; a suppression.