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repressing

noun
1
The act of holding something down or back, or a further round of pressing something.
"Repressing the region's free press only fueled more unrest."

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In plain EnglishThe ongoing act of restraining or crushing something.

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repressings plural

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_____ the region's free press only fueled more unrest.

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