Definition of "suppressive" [sup•press•ive]

• Tending or serving to suppress. (adjective)

American Heritage(R) Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Edition. Copyright (c) 2011 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.

• "A five officer assault rifle squad performed what is called suppressive fire at Ronald."
• "It can be helpful to discuss the issues with a well-informed person, and long-term suppressive therapy can improve the situation immensely."
• "Long-term suppressive acyclovir therapy in hematopoietic stem-cell transplant (HCT) recipients can prevent the emergence of herpes simplex virus (HSV) disease, including acyclovir-resistant HSV disease, researchers report in the July 15th issue of the Journal of Infectious Diseases."