[adj] kept from public knowledge by various means;
[adj] held in check with difficulty; "a smothered cough"; "a stifled yawn"; "a strangled scream"; "suppressed laughter"
[adj] manifesting or subjected to suppression; "a suppressed press"
Synonyms
burked(p), hushed-up, inhibited, quelled, quenched, silenced, smothered, squelched, stifled, strangled, unreleased