❶suppress;repress;put down ❷execute 依法～杀人犯execute a murderer according to law/～恐怖分子suppress terrorists/～叛乱put down(or suppress)a rebellion/～机器machinery of repression/～阴谋活动stamp out conspiracies/～与宽大相结合的政策policy of combining suppression with leniency without neglecting either