Effect and Suppress

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Effect

Effect verb - To be the cause of (a situation, action, or state of mind).
Usage example: classroom discussions designed to effect a change in racial attitudes
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Suppress is an antonym for effect.
Nearby Words: effective, effectual, effected, effectively, effecting

Suppress

Suppress verb - To keep from being publicly known.
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Synonyms for Suppress
Antonyms for Suppress
Effect is an antonym for suppress.
Nearby Words: suppression, suppressing, suppressor, suppressant
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Common collocations

ability effect ability suppress ability
change effect change suppress change
status effect status suppress status
vision effect vision suppress vision
Other words: effect, accent, anyone, everyone.

Both words in one sentence

  • Later in the series, she becomes able to suppress the glowing effect through her own efforts.
    Source: Hide Your Otherness
  • Weirdness Censor A similar effect occurs in the Second Sight splatbook, where almost all humans are latent psychics, but since they don't believe in psychics, end up using their abilities to suppress the unbelievable psychic acts of others.
    Source: Weirdness Censor
  • Spock Must Die: In this early Star Trek novel, a machine used by the Klingons to suppress the Organians has the side effect of creating a mirror version of Spock, right down to the molecular level.
    Source: Mirror Morality Machine
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