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suppressed

adjective as in muffled

Strongest matches

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adjective as in silenced

adjective as in subconscious

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The vote is suppressed by confusion, chaos and the velvet glove, because of course it’s reasonable to want to know the truth before we move forward.

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Plaintiff attorneys are not alleging the state should have suppressed the fire; instead, they say it failed to make sure the area was secure.

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Meanwhile, gold boomed because it was at last allowed to float free in the financial markets after being suppressed for nearly 40 years by the U.S. government.

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"My entire life, I had struggled with doubts about my masculinity and a suppressed desire to be seen as brave," he says.

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Kennedy said his department is closely examining the potential link between autism and vaccines, and that research on it had been actively suppressed.

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