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Etymology
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Verb

 * 1)  to suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong)
 * 2)  to repress, stifle (prevent the growth of)
 * 3)  to repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out)
 * 4)  to hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something)
 * 5)  to cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime)