suppressive

Example Sentences

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The book was banned in Boston — a phrase for suppressive moral outrage that survives to this day.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 6, 2025

Recurrent C. difficile infections occur after suppressive antibiotic treatments that knock out almost all of the normal gut flora.

From Science Daily • Oct. 13, 2023

"These memory immune cells with latent suppressive properties act as a fail-safe mechanism in addition to the protection from traditional memory suppressive T cells."

From Science Daily • Sep. 21, 2023

That is why I believe protecting libraries from suppressive movements is a societal necessity.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 24, 2023

In such cases the suppressive treatment, by drugs or knife, is again applied instead of eliminative and curative measures.

From Nature Cure by Lindlahr, Henry