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- forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"
- characterized by oppressive heat and humidity; "the summer was sultry and oppressive"; "the stifling atmosphere"; "the sulfurous atmosphere preceding a thunderstorm"
Similar Words: suppression,
crushing,
quelling,
sultry,
sulfurous,
sulphurous
Hyponyms: crackdown
Derivational Morphology:
smother,
stifle,
strangle,
muffle,
repress,
squelch,
quell,
quench,
oppress,
suppress,
crush,
stamp down,
inhibit,
subdue,
conquer,
curb
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