Vocabulary
Repression
English and Urdu gloss, synonyms and antonyms, and example usage from our editorial sentence cache where available.
English meaning
the action of subduing someone or something by force.
Urdu meaning
قابو پانے کا عمل
Example sentences (from Dawn)
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Half a century later, its message resonates far beyond its original context, offering important lessons for societies grappling with various forms of repression.
Dawn Editorials —
Power of the powerless
— 2026-05-02
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Over the past few months, mass evictions accompanied by repression in both the city`s katchi abadis and historical villages have rendered thousands of families homeless.
Dawn Editorials —
New` Islamabad
— 2026-04-24
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And repression is the fate of anyone who standsuptosayno.The wnter teaches at Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad.
Dawn Editorials —
New` Islamabad
— 2026-04-24
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Annually, thousands of people belonging to this Muslim community travel illegally in fragile vehicles to escape repression in Myanmar.
Dawn Editorials —
Escaping pain
— 2026-04-16
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The FIA and National Cyber Crime Investigation Agency, unfortunately, appear to be acting as tools of repression.
Dawn Editorials —
A call to conscience
— 2026-04-10
Synonyms
suppression, quelling, quashing, subduing, crushing, squashing, stamping out, squelching
Antonyms
freedom, liberty
Curator example
“students sparked off events that ended in brutal repression”
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