| suppressed 
 
 1. kept from public knowledge by various means
 • Ant:
 publicized
 • Similar to:
 burked, hushed-up, quelled, quenched, squelched, unreleased
 2. manifesting or subjected to suppression
 - a suppressed press
 • Similar to:
 silenced
 3. held in check with difficulty
 - a smothered cough
 - a stifled yawn
 - a strangled scream
 - suppressed laughter
 • Syn:
 smothered, stifled, strangled
 • Similar to:
 inhibited
 
 
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