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āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "repress"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

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āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to stop the expression of thoughts, feelings, or actions
Transitive: to repress thoughts or feelings
to repress definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He tried to repress the memories of the traumatic event.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āφāϘāĻžāϤāĻŽā§‚āϞāĻ• āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āĻĒā§€āĻĄāĻŧāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to suppress a rebellion, protest, or uprising through use of authority or force
Transitive: to repress a protest or uprising
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The military junta repressed protests violently, leading to widespread human rights abuses.
āϏāĻžāĻŽāϰāĻŋāĻ• āϜāĻžāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻž āĻŦāĻŋāĻ•ā§āώ⧋āĻ­āϕ⧇ āϏāĻšāĻŋāĻ‚āϏāĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇, āϝāĻž āĻŦā§āϝāĻžāĻĒāĻ• āĻŽāĻžāύāĻŦāĻžāϧāĻŋāĻ•āĻžāϰ āϞāĻ™ā§āϘāύ⧇āϰ āĻĻāĻŋāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻžāϞāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to exclude unacceptable desires, thoughts, or memories from the conscious mind
Transitive: to repress memories
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She represses her painful memories of the accident, refusing to confront them.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āĻĻ⧁āĻ°ā§āϘāϟāύāĻžāϰ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻŦ⧇āĻĻāύāĻžāĻĻāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ• āĻ¸ā§āĻŽā§ƒāϤāĻŋāϗ⧁āϞ⧋ āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύ, āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āĻŽā§āĻ–ā§‹āĻŽā§āĻ–āĻŋ āĻšāϤ⧇ āĻ…āĻ¸ā§āĻŦā§€āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰ⧇āύāĨ¤
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āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāϝāĻŧāĻ¨ā§āĻ¤ā§āϰāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to hold back or prevent something from being expressed, developed, or revealed
Transitive: to repress an urge or action
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
He tried to repress his excitement, but a smile betrayed his joy.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āωāĻ¤ā§āϤ⧇āϜāύāĻž āĻĻāĻŽāύ āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āĻšā§‡āĻˇā§āϟāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύ, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āĻšāĻžāϏāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āφāύāĻ¨ā§āĻĻāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻŋāĻļā§āĻŦāĻžāϏāϘāĻžāϤāĻ•āϤāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞāĨ¤

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