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suppression

[suh-presh-uhn] / səˈprɛʃ ən /


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While most commercial jets are equipped with fire suppression systems in the hold, those are primarily designed to slow a blaze, not extinguish it entirely.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 18, 2026

Meanwhile, the fire suppression system was inadequate and ran out of water as firefighters fought the blaze, it alleges.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 23, 2026

Babydoll dresses didn’t cause the suppression of the Epstein Files or deny justice to his victims.

From Salon Jun. 12, 2026

All-female Croatian band Lelek changed the tone with the powerful, folkloric harmonies of Andromeda – which addressed the suppression of women during the Ottoman Empire.

From BBC May 12, 2026

The torus, or suppression pool, sits like a giant hollow doughnut below the reactor vessel.

From "Meltdown" by Deirdre Langeland

These suppressions do not occur in a vacuum.

From The Guardian Jan. 27, 2018

Whereas British rule in India had long been marked by violent revolts and brutal suppressions, the British Army was able to march out of the country with barely a shot fired and only seven casualties.

From The New Yorker Jun. 22, 2015

The Forest Service and the Department of Interior can transfer money from other programs once their fire suppressions accounts have been depleted.

From US News May 5, 2015

And there were a remarkable range of those as well: dark pageboy, brown mullet, reddish bob — all heroic suppressions, in the cause of art, of her natural blondness.

From New York Times Feb. 20, 2010

He seems to carry the weight of those suppressions on his conscience.

From "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula K. Le Guin




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