verb
Come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
Synonyms: stifled, crushed, quelled, repressed, squelched, smothered, oppressed, overpowered, inhibited, curbed, throttled, overthrown, withheld, stopped, strangled, overcome, silenced, subdued, secreted, scotched, restrained, refrained, conquered, quashed, contained, prohibited, gagged, prevented, overwhelmed, muzzled, killed, kept, choked, quenched, hidden, harassed, extinguished, muffled, excluded, destroyed, concealed, hushed, composed, checked, censored, bridled, arrested, annihilated, abolished
verb
Restrain, hold in check
Synonyms: squelched, squashed, quenched, quelled, quashed, extinguished, crushed
Antonyms: encouraged, released