1) Block 2) Control as a desire 3) Crush 4) Forget for years 5) Hold back 6) Hold in 7) Keep bottled up 8) Keep down 9) Keep in check 10) Make unconscious 11) Oppress 12) Put down 13) Quash 14) Reduce 15) Sit on 16) Subdue 17) Subjugate 18) Suppress 19) What dictators do 1) Bridle 2) Edit 3) Holdin 4) Intimidate 5) Muffle 6) Quash 7) Stifle 8) Subdue 9) Subjugate 10) Suppress 
• (v. t.) To press back or down effectually; to crush down or out; to quell; to subdue; to supress; as, to repress sedition or rebellion; to repress the first risings of discontent. • (n.) The act of repressing. • (v. t.) To press again. • (v. t.) Hence, to check; to restrain; to keep back.
[Verb] To stop a person being able to act freely. To repress a feeling means not to show it.
Re·press' noun The act of repressing. [ Obsolete] Re·press' transitive verb [ Prefix re- + press .] To press again. 
[v] - put down by force or intimidation
[SAT terms] block the action of[SAT terms] conceal or hide