repress
     v 1: put down by force or intimidation; "The government quashes
          any attempt of an uprising"; "China keeps down her
          dissidents very efficiently"; "The rich landowners
          subjugated the peasants working the land" [syn: {quash},
           {keep down}, {subdue}, {subjugate}, {reduce}]
     2: conceal or hide; "smother a yawn"; "muffle one's anger";
        "strangle a yawn" [syn: {smother}, {stifle}, {strangle}, {muffle}]
     3: put out of one's consciousness [syn: {suppress}]
Source: WordNet® 2.0