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Nouns (7)

n. the failure to develop some part or organ

n. the act of withholding or withdrawing some book or writing from publication or circulation; "a suppression of the newspaper"

suppression, crushing, quelling, stifling

n. forceful prevention; putting down by power or authority; "the suppression of heresy"; "the quelling of the rebellion"; "the stifling of all dissent"

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Fuzzynyms (16)

molestation

n. the act of subjecting someone to unwanted or improper sexual advances or activity (especially women or children)

mistreatment

n. the practice of treating (someone or something) badly; "he should be punished for his mistreatment of his mother"

persecution

n. the act of persecuting (especially on the basis of race or religion)

absolutism, tyranny, despotism

n. dominance through threat of punishment and violence

oppression, subjugation

n. the act of subjugating by cruelty; "the tyrant's oppression of the people"

frustration, thwarting, foiling

n. an act of hindering someone's plans or efforts

destruction, demolition, wipeout

n. an event (or the result of an event) that completely destroys something

devastation, desolation

n. an event that results in total destruction

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