Meaning

1 senses

  1. Any drug that acts to suppress a condition.

Examples

4 sentences

  1. I've been declared a suppressive person.

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  2. Tom provided some suppressive fire with his machine gun.

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  3. A human rights activist is urging the government to remove what he called contradictory and suppressive regulations.

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  4. Suppressive cultures are often superstitious.

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Forms

plural: suppressives
Singularsuppressive
Pluralsuppressives

regular

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
suppositionsuppositorysuppressB2suppressionsupremacistsupremacysupreme

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