[rɪˈprɛs], (Verb)

Definitions:
- subdue (someone or something) by force
(e.g: the uprisings were repressed)


Phrases:

Origin:
Middle English (in the sense ‘keep back something objectionable’): from Latin repress- ‘pressed back, checked’, from the verb reprimere, from re- ‘back’ + premere ‘to press’