repress
Example Sentences
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It said it will be sanctioning multiple entities, individuals and vessels to “stem the flow of revenue that the regime in Tehran uses to support terrorism abroad and repress its citizens.”
From MarketWatch
Mr. Klosterman views football as a martial game in which organization, rules and technology repress individuality.
But seeing the show, in which two athletes enter a loving relationship, stirred repressed feelings.
From BBC
By convention, a Shiite Muslim has been prime minister since the fall of Saddam, who ruthlessly repressed the Shiite majority in Iraq.
From Barron's
Author and psychotherapist Jennifer Cox told Radio 4 Woman's Hour she believes women are "conditioned" to repress feelings of "frustration, anger, aggression and rage".
From BBC
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