represses in English

verb

1

subdue (someone or something) by force.

the uprisings were repressed

synonyms: suppress, quell, quash, subdue, put down, crush, extinguish, stamp out, defeat, conquer, rout, overwhelm, contain, oppress, subjugate, keep down, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron fist, intimidate, tyrannize, crush

verb

suppress, quell, quash, subdue, put down, crush, extinguish, stamp out, defeat, conquer, rout, overwhelm, contain
oppress, subjugate, keep down, rule with a rod of iron, rule with an iron fist, intimidate, tyrannize, crush
restrain, hold back/in, keep back, suppress, keep in check, control, keep under control, curb, stifle, bottle up, button up, keep the lid on
reduce, keep down, subdue, quash, subjugate
smother, muffle, stifle, strangle
suppress

Use "represses" in a sentence

1. The dictator represses all opposition as illegal.

2. Too much bureaucracy represses creativity and initiative.

3. Gene a codes for an enzyme that represses stamen development in female flowers.

4. Mechanistically, p53 activation represses the expression of the mitochondrial enzyme pyruvate Carboxylase (PC), resulting in diminished production of the TCA cycle intermediates oxaloacetate and

5. We found that this repression is AraC dependent and involves a mechanism where Arabinose-bound AraC binds to the xylose promoters and represses gene expression

6. We show that the Adaxial regulator ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 ( AS2 ) is a direct target of the abaxial regulator KANADI1 ( KAN1 ), and that KAN1 represses the transcription of AS2 in abaxial cells.

7. We show that the adaxial regulator ASYMMETRIC LEAVES2 ( AS2 ) is a direct target of the Abaxial regulator KANADI1 ( KAN1 ), and that KAN1 represses the transcription of AS2 in Abaxial cells.

8. Also, the rebamipide compound is proven to provide the advantageous effects in that it remarkably represses cytotoxic Th17-cells which produce and secrete inflammatory cytokines, and increases the activity of regulatory T-cell (Treg) which inhibits abnormally activated immune cells and regulates inflammatory reaction.