reprimere — meaning in English
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English meaning
- quash verb To officially cancel or reject a legal decision, charge, or order.
- quell verb To bring a disturbance, rebellion, or strong feeling under control; to suppress it.
- smother verb To cover something so completely that it cannot get air, cutting off its breathing or, for a fire, its oxygen.
- stifle verb To suppress or hold back something such as a sound, feeling, or reaction.
Senses
reprimere is used for these senses in English:
- fight back (transitive) to repress; to struggle to repress.
- quash To defeat decisively, to suppress.
- quell (transitive) To subdue, put down, or silence (someone or something); to force (someone) to submit. [from 10th c.]
- smother (transitive) To reduce to a low degree of vigor or activity; suppress or do away with; extinguish
- stifle (transitive) To keep in, hold back, or repress (something).
quash — full definition
- verb To officially cancel or reject a legal decision, charge, or order.
- verb To forcefully put an end to something, such as a rebellion or rumor.