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Oppress

/əˈpɹɛs/

To keep down by unjust force.

📖 Definitions of "Oppress"

verb
  1. 1

    To keep down by unjust force.

    "The rural poor were oppressed by the land-owners."

  2. 2

    To make sad or gloomy.

    "We were oppressed by the constant grey skies."

  3. 3

    Physically to press down on (someone) with harmful effects; to smother, crush.

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