Suppression

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Suppression may refer to:

Weapons

Suppressive fire, weapons fire that degrades the performance of a target below the level needed to fulfill its mission
Suppressor, a device attached to or part of the barrel of a firearm which reduces the amount of noise and flash generated by firing the weapon

Electromagnetic interference suppression, e.g., of electrical noise from switches and motors
Fire suppression system
- Firefighting, involves the suppression of fire
Free energy suppression and other suppressed technology
Silence suppression, in telephony
Transient-voltage-suppression diode, an electronic component used to protect sensitive electronics from voltage spikes induced on connected wires

Appetite suppression
Bone marrow suppression, the decrease in cells responsible for providing immunity, carrying oxygen, and those responsible for normal blood clotting
Cough medicine, which may contain a cough suppressant, a medicinal drug used in an attempt to treat coughing
Flash suppression, a phenomenon of visual perception in which an image presented to one eye is suppressed by a flash of another image presented to the other eye
Reflux suppressant, in medicine
Suppression (eye), of an eye is a subconscious adaptation by a person's brain to eliminate the symptoms of disorders of binocular vision such as strabismus, convergence insufficiency and aniseikonia
Thought suppression, the process of deliberately trying to stop thinking about certain thoughts, associated with obsessive-compulsive disorder

Censorship, the suppression of public communication considered objectionable to the general body of people as determined by a government or media outlet

Suppression order a type of censorship where a court rules that certain information cannot be published

Oppression, the exercise of authority or power in a burdensome, cruel, or unjust manner, also an act or instance of oppressing
Suppression of Communism Act
Suppression of dissent, occurs when an individual or group tries to censor, persecute or otherwise oppress the other party rather than communicate logically
Suppression of evidence, the act of preventing evidence from being shown in a trial
Voter suppression, a strategy to influence the outcome of an election by discouraging or preventing people from exercising their right to vote
Tohunga Suppression Act 1907, an Act of the Parliament of New Zealand aimed to replace tohunga as traditional Māori healers with "modern" medicine

Religious intolerance, intolerance against another's religious beliefs or practices by individuals, private groups, government agencies or the whole government
Suppression (parish), the forced closure of a Catholic parish or association
Suppressive Person and the book, The Cause of Suppression, about the Church of Scientology concept

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