Push and Suppress

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Push verb - To apply force to (someone or something) so that it moves in front of one.

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Suppress is an antonym for push in topics: thrust, advertise, incite.

Nearby Words: pushed, pushy, pushover, pushing, pusher

Suppress verb - To keep from being publicly known.

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Push is an antonym for suppress.

power	push power	suppress power
pain	push pain	suppress pain
enemy	push enemy	suppress enemy
everyone	push everyone	suppress everyone
Other words: powers, enemies, abilities.

The problem is that their death is often such a traumatic event, that most ghosts subconsciously avoid thinking about things that can remind them of the event, and some even actively attempt to suppress the memory, so they need a little push (and sometimes more than that) to regain the memory.

Source: Ghost Amnesia
One of the sets of Allomantic powers in Mistborn is the ability to Push (suppress) or Pull (inflame) specific emotions.

Source: Emotion Bomb

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