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Synonyms for suppression

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 5, Summit · 1 sense · noun

The sensenounTier 5, SummitActions

the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation

A suppression of the newspaper.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

curtailment

Same sentence, swapped: A curtailment of the newspaper.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for suppression as it is used in the sentence above.

damper
bridle
collar

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dutifuladjectiveduteouswillingly obedient out of a sense of duty and respectSummit elevationnounaggrandizementthe act of increasing the wealth or prestige or power or scope of somethingSummitHas a reason line evasionnounnonpaymentthe deliberate act of failing to pay moneySummit juxtapositionnounappositionthe act of positioning close together (or side by side)SummitHas a reason line passverb, nouneliminateeliminate from the bodyTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line passagenounpassinga bodily reaction of changing from one place or stage to anotherTreeline2 sensesHas a reason line passingnoungoingeuphemistic expressions for deathFoothills2 sensesHas a reason line textnounschoolbooka book prepared for use in schools or collegesSummitHas a reason line

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