"repress" meaning in English

See repress in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /rəˈprɛs/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-repress.wav [UK] Forms: repress [canonical], represses [third-person, singular], repressed [past], repressed [past, participle], repressing [present, participle]
Etymology: re- + press(to press again) Etymology templates: {{ety-prefix|re|press}} re- + press Head templates: {{verb|repress|es}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If you repress a situation, you subdue it with force.
    Sense id: simple-repress-en-verb-m7kGOl5h
  2. If you repress something, you press again.
    Sense id: simple-repress-en-verb-HaEqaQ1P
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms prefixed with re-
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