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What does suppression mean?

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Noun
  1. The act or instance of suppressing.
  2. The state of being suppressed.
  3. A process in which a person consciously excludes anxiety-producing thoughts, feelings, or memories.
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Self-sealing crashworthy fuel tanks have explosion suppression and non-return valves.
Overall it is very well tolerated, with a low incidence of bone marrow suppression.
A side effect of such therapy is bone marrow suppression that adversely affects the patient's ability to generate hematopoiesis.
When revolt broke out in 1863, however, the emperor reacted with brutal suppression, imposing severe Russification.
It is likely that without ongoing antibiotic suppression, reinfection will occur.
The suppression of detail causes the stepped facade of the building to read like forbidding ridges or dangerous protective fins.

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