suppress-v; 3 Senses

Sense Number 1: Put down by force or authority; come down on or keep down by unjust use of authority.

Commentary:
NOTE: Use this sense for instances where an individual or group exercises authority over another individual or group.

Examples:
The government suppressed the nascent uprising.
Police suppress political activists.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: suppress.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 1, 2

Sense Number 2: Reduce the incidence or severity of or stop; reduce, as in efficacy; control in expression.

Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to sense 1. This sense does not involve an authority using force.

Examples:
She suppressed her anger.
The students suppressed yawns throughout the class.
He suppressed the project.
This drug can suppress the hemorrhage.
Various cultural and economic forces have suppressed demand.

Mappings:
VerbNet: NM
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: suppress.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 3, 5

Sense Number 3: Put out of one's consciousness.

Commentary:
NOTE: Compare to senses 1 and 2. This sense does not involve stopping or reducing, and does not involve authorities exerting force.

Examples:
He suppressed memories of his childhood.
She suppressed thoughts of her newly married ex.

Mappings:
VerbNet: concealment-16
FrameNet: NP
PropBank: suppress.01
WordNet 3.0 Sense Numbers: 4