suppression
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The UN Security Council last year authorised a new international Gang Suppression Force tasked with neutralising the gangs.
From Barron's • Mar. 24, 2026
County Sheriff’s Department has created a Looter Suppression Team to provide closer surveillance and a quicker response time to Altadena neighborhoods that were evacuated.
From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 22, 2025
Suppression, through preferentially removing low- and moderate-severity fire, also raised average fire severity by an amount equivalent to a century of fuel accumulation or climate change.
From Science Daily • Mar. 25, 2024
Acting Police Chief Pamela Smith said in August the department was conducting a Robbery Suppression Initiative in areas where armed stick-ups and car thefts were occurring at a higher rate.
From Washington Times • Sep. 26, 2023
Winnie and twenty-two others were charged under the Suppression of Communism Act for attempting to revive the ANC.
From "Long Walk to Freedom" by Nelson Mandela
Vocabulary lists containing suppression
Brave New World
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