Verb

(en verb)

To attempt to counter the actions or effects of.

*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-06-28, author=(Joris Luyendijk)

, volume=189, issue=3, page=21, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly) , title= Our banks are out of control , passage=Seeing the British establishment struggle with the financial sector is like watching an alcoholic who still resists the idea that something drastic needs to happen for him to turn his life around.}}

To withstand the actions of.

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*, chapter=16

, title= The Mirror and the Lamp , passage=The preposterous altruism too!

To oppose.

(obsolete) To be distasteful to.

* 1608 , , II. iii. 29:

These cates resist me,

Verb

to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue

''Political dissent was brutally suppressed .

to restrain or repress an expression

''I struggled to suppress my smile.

(psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind

He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.

to prevent publication

The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.

to stop a flow or stream

The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.

''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.

(US, legal) to forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained

(electronics) to reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal

(obsolete) to hold in place, to keep low