suppression

«suppression» in Mova's school dictionary: Stopping something by force or power, such as a protest… — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

part of speech

noun (suppression — uncountable)

meaning for a pupil

1) Stopping something by force or power, such as a protest, a rebellion or news. tree →

2) Holding back or hiding a feeling, a cough, a sneeze or a thought. tree →

3) Stopping something from growing or working: fire suppression. tree →

sense in the lessons

In history and citizenship lessons, the suppression of protests, newspapers or rights shows unfair power. In science and health, medicines can cause «suppression» of a cough or of the immune system. In buildings, «fire suppression systems» (sprinklers) stop fires. Phrases: «suppression of the rebellion», «suppression of free speech», «fire suppression».

examples

• The king ordered the suppression of the rebellion. tree →
• The suppression of newspapers meant people did not know the truth. tree →
• Sprinklers are part of the fire suppression system. tree →
• Constant suppression of your feelings can make you unhappy. tree →
• The medicine helps with the suppression of coughing at night. tree →
• Suppression of free speech is a sign of a cruel government. tree →

note

Uncountable (usually). Verb: suppress. Formal word. Spelling: double p, double s — sup-pres-sion.

In the corpora

• Some false claims about voting days are spread on purpose to stop people voting, which is called voter suppression.

Trees and pragmatics

Every meaning and example of «suppression» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.