réprimer

Meaning

1. to suppress, quell (stop the spread of something considered bad or wrong)
2. to repress, stifle (prevent the growth of)
3. to repress, muffle (prevent someone speaking out)
4. to hold back, to stunt (make someone refrain from doing something)
5. to cut down, subdue (reduce the level of, e.g. crime)

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ʁe.pʁi.me/

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin reprimō.