Suppression means: The act or instance of suppressing. Related words include growth or prevention. Below you'll find 20 example sentences showing how to use Suppression in practice.

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Suppression in a sentence

Suppression meaning

  1. The act or instance of suppressing.
  2. The state of being suppressed.
  3. A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.

Synonyms of Suppression

growth inhibition bar prevention stifling quelling crushing restraint curtailment ontogenesis ontogeny development maturation growing abstinence

Example sentences (20)

The failure to install a water-based fire suppression system or a flexible hose connected to a permanent water supply.

Caffeine stimulates human hair follicle growth and can counteract testosterone-induced hair growth suppression.

They also just introduced a trim product that is meant to assist with weight loss through appetite suppression.

In Congress, I’ve been working to reinstate and modernize the Voting Rights Act to stop harmful voter suppression laws.

The modern misinterpretation often bolsters the "men don't cry" rhetoric, equating emotional suppression with strength.

Ironically, Hanukkah celebrates a rebellion by Jews against the suppression of their faith by the Seleucid Greek Empire.

The facility this month financed Alpine’s takeover of fellow fire suppression specialist Hampshire-based DAS Fire Limited.

Together with Duma Nokwe, Paul Mosaka, Mbeki, Marks Shope and others, he was charged under the Suppression of Communism Act.

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The judge granted the man temporary name suppression, a routine practice in the New Zealand legal system.

The Highway police had been alerted by drug suppression police to be on alert for the southbound vehicle.

In the aftermath of the surgeries, Olivia is undergoing hormone suppression therapy, which causes medically induced menopause.

Noise suppression is excellent, the ride is beautifully settled at 100km/h, and the driver assists are brilliantly calibrated.

Periods of Israeli-Palestinian violence have regularly resulted in the corporate suppression of Palestinian social media users.

Antacids or acid suppression medicines are also prescribed to help patients’ acid reflux and heartburn.

Onanuga said APC PCC have evidence of voter suppression, intimidation and harassment in the southeast.

Simultaneously they embarked on the suppression of radical movements in England, Scotland and Ireland.

A time when suppression of ideas and an Orwellian adherence to orthodoxies mandated by the high priests of wokeness are expected.

Putin’s propaganda and suppression of dissent leaves most Russians accepting of the regime’s actions.

Calgary police say their violent crime suppression team has seized several firearms and arrested several men in a two-week period.

Steele said they now accept there is little utility in continuing to seek suppression given the publicity that has already occurred.

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Common combinations with suppression

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Frequently asked questions

How do you use "suppression" in a sentence?
An example: "The failure to install a water-based fire suppression system or a flexible hose connected to a permanent water supply." This page contains 20 example sentences with the word "suppression" from real English texts.
What does "suppression" mean?
Suppression means: The act or instance of suppressing.
What are synonyms of "suppression"?
Common synonyms of "suppression" include: growth, inhibition, bar, prevention, stifling, quelling, crushing, restraint. Plus 7 more synonyms.
How many example sentences with "suppression" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains 20 example sentences with "suppression", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.

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