suppress

Verb

• reduce the incidence or severity of or stop
  • suppress a yawn
    
  • this drug can suppress the hemorrhage
    

• put out of one's consciousness

• control and refrain from showing; of emotions, desires, impulses, or behavior

• come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
  • The government oppresses political activists
    

• to put down by force or authority
  • suppress a nascent uprising
    
  • stamp down on littering
    
  • conquer one's desires
    

Related words

• Synonyms: 
  repress , inhibit , bottle up , oppress , crush , stamp down , subdue , conquer , curb