However, both can be used to suppress an enemy within a small area, often called 'winning the fire fight'.

This medication may also be used to suppress a cough.

Patents may be used to suppress development or deployment of this technology.

From the start, the act was used to suppress Republican speech.

Some plants are used to suppress weeds or provide nutrients.

The militia was used to suppress the 1999 student uprising.

In all of these countries, force has been used to suppress demonstrations being made by people who are demanding democratic change.

In those countries it is often used to suppress political dissent.

Special units of the security services were used to suppress the demonstrations.

If crime is used to suppress it, then stern action should be taken.