Choose the most appropriate antonym for the word: Resurrect

The correct answer is Option (4) → Suppress

Resurrect means to bring back to life, or to bring back into use something that had ended or been forgotten. Its antonym is suppress.
Example: The director plans to resurrect an old folk tale on stage.

Word	Meaning	Example
(1) Survive	to continue to live or exist in spite of danger (it is not the reverse of bringing back to life)	Only a few trees survived the forest fire.
(2) Revive	to bring back to life, health or use (it is a synonym of resurrect)	The doctors managed to revive the drowning boy.
(3) Expose	to uncover or reveal something hidden (it is not related to bringing back or putting down)	The reporter exposed the fraud in the bank.
(4) Suppress (answer)	to put an end to something by force, or to keep it from appearing or growing (resurrecting brings something back, and suppressing pushes it down and keeps it from coming back)	The army tried to suppress the revolt.

 

Synonyms of resurrect: revive, restore, revitalise, bring back Antonyms of resurrect: suppress, abolish, crush, bury