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鎮圧 — meaning in English

chin'atsu

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English meaning

  • reduce verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
  • repression noun The use of force or authority to control or suppress people, especially their rights or freedoms.

Senses

鎮圧 is used for these senses in English:

  • reduce (transitive) To humble; to conquer; to subdue; to capture.
  • repression The act of repressing; state of being repressed.

reduce — full definition

  1. verb To make something smaller in size, amount, or intensity.
  2. verb To boil a sauce or liquid down so it becomes thicker and more concentrated.
  3. verb To bring a broken bone or dislocated joint back into its correct position.
  4. verb To force someone into a lesser or worse state or condition.

repression — full definition

  1. noun The use of force or authority to control or suppress people, especially their rights or freedoms.
  2. noun In psychology, the unconscious pushing away of painful or unwanted thoughts and feelings.

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