SUPPRESSED

suppressed

(adjective) kept from public knowledge by various means

smothered, stifled, strangled, suppressed

(adjective) held in check with difficulty; “a smothered cough”; “a stifled yawn”; “a strangled scream”; “suppressed laughter”

suppressed

(adjective) manifesting or subjected to suppression; “a suppressed press”

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Verb

suppressed

simple past tense and past participle of suppress

Source: Wiktionary

SUPPRESS

Sup*press", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Suppressed; p. pr. & vb. n. Suppressing.] Etym: [L. suppressus, p.p. of supprimere to suppress; sub under + premere, pressum, to press. See Sub-, and Press.]

1. To overpower and crush; to subdue; to put down; to quell. Every rebellion, when it is suppressed, doth make the subject weaker, and the prince stronger. Sir J. Davies.

2. To keep in; to restrain from utterance or vent; as, to suppress the voice; to suppress a smile. Sir W. Scott.

3. To retain without disclosure; to conceal; not to reveal; to prevent publication of; as, to suppress evidence; to suppress a pamphlet; to suppress the truth. She suppresses the name, and this keeps him in a pleasing suspense. Broome.

4. To stop; to restrain; to arrest the discharges of; as, to suppress a diarrhea, or a hemorrhage.

Syn.

– To repress; restrain; put down; overthrow; overpower; overwhelm; conceal; stifle; stop; smother.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition