English-German translations for repress

• reprimieren
• verdrängen
  Diese Initiierung wird das Tibetische verdrängen, wenn sich die EU nicht um das Gegenteil bemüht. This initiation will repress all things Tibetan unless the EU works to counteract it.

Definition of repress

• To forcefully prevent an upheaval from developing further
• To check; to keep back
• To press again
• A record pressed again; a repressing

Synonyms

• crush
• quell
• subdue
• suppress
• restrain
• hold back

Examples

• to repress rebellion or sedition
• to repress the first risings of discontent
• to repress a vinyl record

Related words

• repressed
• repression
• repressive
• irrepressible
• irrepressibly
• repressor
• corepressor
• repressible
• derepression