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Word: Repress
Speech Type: Verb
Etymology:
Middle English (in the sense ‘keep back something objectionable’): from Latin repress- ‘pressed back, checked’, from the verb reprimere, from re- ‘back’ + premere ‘to press’
Audio Pronunciation:
Phonetic Spelling:
rɪˈprɛs
Dialects: British English
Definition:
subdue (someone or something) by force
Short Definition:subdue person or thing by force
Examples:- the uprisings were repressed
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