押おさえつける

ichidan verb, transitive verb

press down; hold down; pin down

Physical action of applying weight or force to keep something from moving or rising.

• 風かぜで飛とばないように、書しょ類るいを文ぶん鎮ちんで押おさえつけた。

  I held down the papers with a paperweight so they wouldn't blow away.

• 警けい察さつ官かんが容よう疑ぎ者しゃを地じ面めんに押おさえつけた。

  The police officer pinned the suspect to the ground.

ichidan verb, transitive verb

suppress; repress; stifle

Figurative use: forcibly controlling emotions, dissent, or disorder. Often written 抑えつける.

• 彼かれは怒いかりを必ひっ死しで抑おさえつけた。

  He desperately suppressed his anger.

• 政せい府ふは反はん対たい意い見けんを力ちからで抑おさえつけようとした。

  The government tried to suppress dissenting opinions by force.