repress (v.)

• arrest
• asphyxiate
• ban
• bar
• bate
• blunt
• break
• browbeat
• bulldoze
• bully
• castrate
• censor
• check
• coerce
• collect
• compel
• constrain
• contain
• control
• cool
• cork
• countercheck
• cow
• crush
• curb
• damp
• dampen
• daunt
• debar
• delay
• deny
• detain
• deter
• disallow
• discourage
• domineer
• drown
• dull
• embargo
• enjoin
• enslave
• exclude
• extinguish
• forbid
• frustrate
• gag
• grind
• hamper
• hinder
• hush
• impede
• inhibit
• intercept
• interdict
• interfere
• interrupt
• intervene
• intimidate
• keep
• kill
• limit
• maintain
• meddle
• muffle
• muzzle
• obtund
• oppose
• oppress
• outlaw
• overawe
• overbear
• overcome
• overmaster
• override
• preclude
• preserve
• prevent
• prohibit
• proscribe
• quash
• quell
• quench
• refuse
• rein
• reject
• resist
• restrain
• retain
• retard
• save
• scotch
• shush
• silence
• slacken
• smash
• smother
• snub
• squash
• squelch
• stanch
• stifle
• strangle
• stultify
• subdue
• subjugate
• sublimate
• suffocate
• suppress
• taboo
• terrorize
• throttle
• turn
• tyrannize
• unman
• weaken