Sentence examples for to suppressing from inspiring English sources
verb
To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
- Political dissent was brutally suppressed.
I still strongly object to suppressing the ads on the grounds that they might 'offend' people.
Such is the obsessive commitment to suppressing the truth about Ward's trial.
One interpretation is that this was a reference to suppressing the names of hacking victims.
Nevertheless it resorted to suppressing one of the protest violently, in May 2013.
This dread group of moviegoing vigilantes is dedicated to suppressing anachronism now so freely engaged in by screenwriters.
The New Yorker, January 19 , 1929P. 9 In addition to suppressing books, John S. Sumner writes magazine articles.
In addition to the Special Forces initiative, the military is also exploring other approaches to suppressing the insurgency.
However, he added: "I still strongly object to suppressing the ads on the grounds that they might 'offend' people.
Communes, he added, were "too weak when it came to suppressing counterrevolution" and in any case required party leadership.
"Fahrenheit 451" represents book burning as an end in itself, not just the means to suppressing sedition.
By E. B. White The New Yorker, January 19 , 1929P. 9 In addition to suppressing books, John S. Sumner writes magazine articles.
