suppression
noun /səˈpreʃn/
/səˈpreʃn/
[uncountable]- the act of suppressing something
- the suppression of a rebellion
- the suppression of emotion
Extra ExamplesTopics War and conflictc1- He was injured in the bloody suppression of the uprising.
- the suppression of free speech
Oxford Collocations Dictionaryadjective- total
- bloody
- brutal
- …
- during the suppression of
- in the suppression of