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# suppression

«suppression» in Mova's school dictionary: **Stopping something by force or power, such as a protest…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (suppression — uncountable)

### meaning for a pupil

1) Stopping something by force or power, such as a protest, a rebellion or news. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#m1)

2) Holding back or hiding a feeling, a cough, a sneeze or a thought. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#m2)

3) Stopping something from growing or working: fire suppression. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons, the suppression of protests, newspapers or rights shows unfair power. In science and health, medicines can cause «suppression» of a cough or of the immune system. In buildings, «fire suppression systems» (sprinklers) stop fires. Phrases: «suppression of the rebellion», «suppression of free speech», «fire suppression».

### examples

- The king ordered the suppression of the rebellion. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#x1)
- The suppression of newspapers meant people did not know the truth. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#x2)
- Sprinklers are part of the fire suppression system. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#x3)
- Constant suppression of your feelings can make you unhappy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#x4)
- The medicine helps with the suppression of coughing at night. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#x5)
- Suppression of free speech is a sign of a cruel government. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/#x6)

### note

Uncountable (usually). Verb: suppress. Formal word. Spelling: double p, double s — sup-pres-sion.

### In the corpora

- [Some false claims about voting days are spread on purpose to stop people voting, which is called voter suppression.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/politics/36-checking-practice-true-false-not-sure/7/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «suppression» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/S/suppression/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.