- Suppressive
- Suppressive Sup*press"ive, a. Tending to suppress; subduing; concealing. [1913 Webster]
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suppressive — index dictatorial, prohibitive (restrictive), restrictive Burton s Legal Thesaurus. William C. Burton. 2006 … Law dictionary
suppressive — sup·pres·sive pres iv adj tending or serving to suppress something (as the symptoms of a disease) <suppressive drugs> sup·pres·sive·ness n … Medical dictionary
suppressive — suppress ► VERB 1) forcibly put an end to. 2) prevent from being expressed or published. 3) Psychoanalysis consciously avoid thinking of (an unpleasant idea or memory). DERIVATIVES suppression noun suppressive adjective suppressor noun … English terms dictionary
suppressive — adjective tending to suppress the government used suppressive measures to control the protest • Similar to: ↑restrictive • Derivationally related forms: ↑suppress … Useful english dictionary
Suppressive Person — Suppressive Person, often abbreviated SP, is a term used in Scientology to describe the antisocial personalities who, according to Scientology s founder L. Ron Hubbard, make up about 2.5% of the population. A statement on a Church of Scientology… … Wikipedia
suppressive petite — suppressive petite. См. супрессорный петит. (Источник: «Англо русский толковый словарь генетических терминов». Арефьев В.А., Лисовенко Л.А., Москва: Изд во ВНИРО, 1995 г.) … Молекулярная биология и генетика. Толковый словарь.
Suppressive fire — U.S. Special Warfare combatant craft crewmen use a Gatling gun to lay down suppressing fire during a practice hot extraction of forces on a beach. In military science, suppressive fire is a fire that degrades the performance of a target below the … Wikipedia
suppressive — adjective see suppress … New Collegiate Dictionary
suppressive — sup·pres·sive (sə prĕsʹĭv) adj. Tending or serving to suppress. * * * … Universalium
suppressive — adjective That serves to suppress … Wiktionary
