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sup·pres·sive

 (sə-prĕs′ĭv)
adj.
Tending or serving to suppress.
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suppressive

(səˈprɛsɪv)
adj
1. tending or acting to suppress; involving suppression
2. (Psychoanalysis) psychiatry tending to prevent the expression of certain of one's desires or to resist the emergence of mental symptoms
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Adj.1.suppressive - tending to suppress; "the government used suppressive measures to control the protest"
restrictive - serving to restrict; "teenagers eager to escape restrictive home environments"
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suppressive

adjective
Serving to restrain forcefully:
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suppressive

[səˈpresɪv] ADJsupresor
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suppressive

adjUnterdrückungs-, repressiv
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suppressive

adj (psych, etc.) supresor
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Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who is under house arrest in Srinagar, in a statement said that such cheap tactics would never work as Kashmir was an internationally recognized dispute and people could not be forced to give up their just struggle through use of oppressive and suppressive measures against them, reported.
ISLAMABAD -- All Parties Hurriyet Conference (APHC) Chairman, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq has said that around 200 participants from different sections of the society will have a brainstorming session at Mirwaiz Manzil on November 18 to devise a joint strategy to counter aggressive and suppressive policies of the occupation the authorities.
Mohammad Yousuf Naqash said that martyrs like Zahid Farooq should act as catalyst to galvanize the entire humanity to forcefully act and help stop the unprovoked and suppressive aggression of Indian agencies on Kashmiris.
He said that Indian troops and police personnel under the garb of Armed Forces Special Powers Act (AFSPA) enjoyed free hand for their suppressive measures against the innocent people.
The leaders said that fanatical and communal groups were openly waging suppressive tactics against Muslims of Held Kashmir after brutalizing Indian Muslims and enjoy full patronage of the authorities.
These brutal suppressive measures are being used against the Hurriyet leadership, activists and youth of Kashmir," he deplored.
He asked India to stop bloodshed and said that killings, oppressive and suppressive tactics could not deter the Kashmiris from achieving the goal of freedom from Indian bondage.
Interior Ministry Spokesman Major General Saad Maan said in a statement that "the detachments of the Federal Police Intelligence operatives within the intelligence Agency in the Ministry and based on intelligence information and harnessing sources seized a den of ISIS terrorist gangs in the village of Zakarta in Kirkuk province, including three suppressive explosive devices and M16 equipment and food in large quantities and a variety of mattresses, a variety of household items, military clothes and cooking utensils.
The BMJ recently asked this question: Among gay couples, if one is HIV positive and taking suppressive antiretroviral therapy and the other is HIV negative, what's the risk of transmission to the negative partner if they have condom-less sex?
A well-known and potent tumor suppressive gene, PTEN is one of the most frequently mutated, deleted, down-regulated or silenced tumor suppressor genes in human cancers.
ISLAMABAD -- In occupied Kashmir, Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) has appealed to the world community, the United Nations and human rights bodies to use their influence to stop India's suppressive policies in the territory.
"Our findings provide conclusive evidence for gay men that the risk of HIVtransmission with suppressive ART is zero," said Alison Rodger, a professor at University College London who co-led the research.