Suppress vs Eradicate - What's the difference?
suppress | eradicate |
to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue
to restrain or repress an expression
(psychiatry) to exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind
to prevent publication
to stop a flow or stream
(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
To pull up by the roots; to uproot.
To completely destroy; to reduce to nothing radically; to put an end to; to extirpate.
As verbs the difference between suppress and eradicate
is that suppress is to put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue while eradicate is to pull up by the roots; to uproot.suppress
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- ''Political dissent was brutally suppressed .
- ''I struggled to suppress my smile.
- He unconsciously suppressed his memories of abuse.
- The government suppressed the findings of their research about the true state of the economy.
- The rescue team managed to suppress the flow of oil by blasting the drilling hole.
- ''Hot blackcurrant juice mixed with honey may suppress cough.
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(eradicat)- Small pox was globally eradicated in 1980
