unterdrücken

v/t (untr., hat) (Gefühl etc., auch Opposition, Freiheit, Aufstand, Informationen etc.) suppress; (Fluch, Lachen, Seufzer etc.) auch stifle; (Volk etc.) oppress; EDV (Zeilen etc.) suppress; seine Frau etc. unterdrücken keep one’s wife etc. under one’s thumb; die Unterdrückten the oppressed

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(niederhalten) to beat down; to grind down; to keep down; to hold down; to suppress; to oppress;

(zurückhalten) to choke down; to inhibit; to stifle; to hold back; to repress

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un|ter|drụ̈|cken [ʊntɐ'drʏkn] ptp unterdrü\#ckt

vt insep

1) (= beherrschen) Volk, Sklaven to oppress, to repress; Freiheit, Meinung to suppress; Revolution to suppress, to put down

die Unterdrückten — the oppressed

2) (= zurückhalten) Neugier, Gähnen, Lachen, Gefühle to suppress; Tränen, Antwort, Bemerkung to hold back

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1) (to approach quickly and often threateningly: The angry teacher bore down on the child.) bear down on

2) (to prevent (eg one's feelings) from becoming obvious: Don't bottle up your anger.) bottle up

3) (to digest without vomiting: He has eaten some food but he won't be able to keep it down.) keep down

4) (to suppress (a yawn, a laugh etc).) stifle

5) (to govern cruelly: The king oppressed his people.) oppress

6) (to put an end to (a rebellion etc) by force.) quell

7) (to keep (an impulse, a desire to do something etc) under control: He repressed a desire to hit the man.) repress

8) (to defeat or put a stop to (eg a rebellion).) suppress

9) (to keep back or stifle: She suppressed a laugh.) suppress

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un·ter·drü·cken *

[ʊntɐˈdrʏkn̩]

vt

1. (niederhalten)

▪ jdn \unterdrücken to oppress sb

▪ etw \unterdrücken to suppress sth, to put down sth sep

2. (zurückhalten)

▪ etw \unterdrücken to suppress sth, hold back

ein Gähnen \unterdrücken to suppress a yawn

Kritik \unterdrücken to hold back criticism

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transitives Verb

1) suppress; hold back <comment, question, answer, criticism, etc.>

2) (niederhalten) suppress <revolution etc.>; oppress <minority etc.>

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unterdrücken v/t (untrennb, hat) (Gefühl etc, auch Opposition, Freiheit, Aufstand, Informationen etc) suppress; (Fluch, Lachen, Seufzer etc) auch stifle; (Volk etc) oppress; IT (Zeilen etc) suppress;

seine Frau etc

unterdrücken keep one’s wife etc under one’s thumb;

die Unterdrückten the oppressed

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transitives Verb

1) suppress; hold back <comment, question, answer, criticism, etc.>

2) (niederhalten) suppress <revolution etc.>; oppress <minority etc.>

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(Gefühl) v.

to stifle v. v.

to blanket v.

to eliminate v.

to oppress v.

to quash v.

to repress v.

to suppress v.