repress

Verb

• block the action of

• put out of one's consciousness

• conceal or hide
  • smother a yawn
    
  • muffle one's anger
    
  • strangle a yawn
    

• put down by force or intimidation
  • The government quashes any attempt of an uprising
    
  • China keeps down her dissidents very efficiently
    
  • The rich landowners subjugated the peasants working the land
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  suppress , smother , stifle , strangle , muffle , quash , keep down , subdue , subjugate , reduce