Repress Mnemonic
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repress
repress
Examples
- The leadership of the president repressed.
- After the executions, the repression stopped.
- He praised the repression of the Hussites.
- That road leads to timidity and repression.
- The event symbolized the end of repression.
- The government enlisted the military for repression.
- The repression was successful in breaking the strike.
- Anything less would be the repression of the facts.
- Cameron said repression is the backdrop of the scene.
- It led to abandonment of the effort to repress ritualism.
put down by force or intimidation
verb
conceal or hide
verb
put out of one's consciousness
verb
block the action of
verb
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"Re + Press. He presses the feelings back, down again and again."
"Re + Press. She presses the feeling back to hide it again."
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