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Except that the opposite occurred, and retaliatory suppressive action was unleashed.

And also in earlier stages of development, we have a potential suppressive therapeutic intervention for herpes simplex virus.

China has suppressive policies regarding human rights, and it detains people if it feels that particular information does not fit into its worldview and narrative of a given situation.

Naturally, the war against absentee voting joins other pointless yet suppressive solutions like Voter ID laws, voter purges and other suppression tactics, predominantly aimed at traditionally Democratic voters, especially people of color.

A heavier QBB-95 light support weapon features a bipod and 75-round magazines for laying down suppressive fire.

Given that Kim is the third member of his family to rule, extensive groundwork has been laid, entrenching him in power via suppressive mechanisms that are likely more extensive than in any other modern nation.

The Drum Gun is a hybrid weapon that combines the stopping power of a rifle with the suppressive ability and fire rate of an SMG.

History A Helepolis -like Siege Engine showing ballistae, stairs and movement capstan Modern armoured fighting vehicles are the realization of an ancient concept: that of providing troops with mobile protection and suppressive firepower.

Hubbard believed that Scientology was being infiltrated by saboteurs and spies and introduced " security checking " to identify those he termed "potential trouble sources" and " suppressive persons ".

It required Scientologists to " disconnect " from any organization or individual—including family members—deemed to be disruptive or "suppressive".

Most rounds fired were not aimed at an enemy combatant, but instead fired in the enemy's direction to keep them from moving and firing back (see suppressive fire ).

Non-lethal water cannons and tear gas cannons can provide suppressive fire in lieu of unnecessary deadly fire. citation The vehicle must be protected against weapons typical of riots.

T cell populations are decidedly susceptible to the suppressive effect of mosquito saliva, showing increased mortality and decreased division rates. citation Parallel work by Wasserman et al.

The M60 machine gun GPMG (General Purpose Machine Gun) was the main machine gun of the US army at the time and many of them were put on helicopters, to provide suppressive fire when landing in hostile regions.

The venture failed, and the only lasting mark he left were the suppressive Statutes of Kilkenny in 1366.

While providing critical suppressive fires at the second crash site, Sergeant First Class Shughart and his team leader learned that ground forces were not immediately available to secure the site.