Usually means: Inhibits or restrains an action.
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We found 13 dictionaries that define the word suppresses:

General (9 matching dictionaries)
  1. suppresses: Merriam-Webster
  2. suppresses: Collins English Dictionary
  3. suppresses: Vocabulary.com
  4. Suppresses, suppresses: Wordnik
  5. suppresses: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. suppresses: Wiktionary
  7. suppresses: Dictionary.com
  8. suppresses: Cambridge Essential American English Dictionary
  9. suppresses: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. suppresses: Merriam-Webster Legal Dictionary
  2. suppresses: Legal dictionary

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. suppresses: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. suppresses: Medical dictionary

(Note: See suppress as well.)

Definitions from Wiktionary (suppress)

verb:  To put an end to, especially with force, to crush, do away with; to prohibit, subdue.
verb:  To restrain or repress, such as laughter or an expression.
verb:  (psychiatry) To exclude undesirable thoughts from one's mind.
verb:  To prevent publication.
verb:  To stop a flow or stream.
verb:  (US, law) To forbid the use of evidence at trial because it is improper or was improperly obtained.
verb:  (electronics) To reduce unwanted frequencies in a signal.
verb:  (military) To stop or prevent the enemy from executing unwanted activities like firing, regrouping, observation or others.
verb:  (obsolete) To hold in place, to keep low.
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