suppression

noun

sup·pres·sion sə-ˈpre-shən

: an act or instance of suppressing : the state of being suppressed

: the conscious intentional exclusion from consciousness of a thought or feeling

Example Sentences

learned that suppression of her angry feelings didn't necessarily make them go away

Recent Examples on the Web But the Ash Street property was not safe to occupy due to asbestos and other problems, including substandard heating and air, electrical and fire-suppression systems.

Jeff Mcdonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Nov. 2022 The technique was highly effective, but the contrail-suppression equipment added 400 pounds to the bomber, reducing the bomb load.

David Hambling, Popular Mechanics, 15 Nov. 2022 Proposition 441 would bring Flagstaff a nearly $58 million investment in city services such as wildfire suppression, stormwater flood mitigation and wastewater treatment.

Lacey Latch, The Arizona Republic, 8 Nov. 2022 As often as Jim Crow is invoked today—in relation to mass incarceration, voter suppression, or something else—there’s no systematic effort by the entire apparatus of the state to deprive a group of Americans of their most basic rights.

George Packer, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2022 These itemized a laundry list of complaints about the host nation’s autocratic monarchy, including its alleged human rights abuses, suppression of dissent, persecution of LGBTQ people and mistreatment of migrant workers.

Ishaan Tharoor, Washington Post, 14 Nov. 2022 Inheriting a kingdom scarred by religious strife, the Protestant monarch introduced sweeping reforms and sanctioned the brutal suppression of Catholic uprisings.

Meilan Solly, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Oct. 2022 The military’s brutal suppression of peaceful protests against the coup led many to fight back.

Feliz Solomon, WSJ, 30 Oct. 2022 For decades, Hong Kong and nearby Macao were the only places in China allowed to commemorate the violent suppression by army troops of student protesters demanding greater democracy in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square on June 4, 1989.

Kanis Leung, ajc, 27 Oct. 2022 See More

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