repress

Words with a similar base: repress

'repress'

[repress.v.01] as in: put down by force or intimidation

Examples:
The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land

'repress'

[smother.v.03] as in: conceal or hide

Examples:
smother a yawn
muffle one's anger
strangle a yawn

'repress'

[suppress.v.04] as in: put out of one's consciousness

'repress'

[repress.v.04] as in: block the action of

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