1) Be tyrannical 2) Browbeat 3) Bully 4) Control harshly 5) Crush 6) Crush the spirit 7) Dictate 8) French word used in English 9) Give a hard time 10) Govern harshly 11) Govern harshly or subjugate 12) Intimidate 13) Lie heavily upon 14) Persecute 15) Put an onus on 16) Put down work papers 17) Put under the yoke
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1) Domineer 2) Intimidate 3) Overweigh 4) Persecute 5) Quash 6) Repress 7) Subdue 8) Subjugate
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• (v. t.) To put down; to crush out; to suppress. • (v. t.) To ravish; to violate. • (v. t.) To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. • (v. t.) To produce a sensation of weight in (some part of the body); as, my lungs are oppressed by the damp air; excess of food oppresses...
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1. To impose excessive burdens upon; to overload; hence, to treat with unjust rigor or with cruelty. 'For thee, oppressed king, am I cast down.' (Shak) 'Behold the kings of the earth; how they oppress Thy chosen !' (Milton) ... 2. To ravish; to violate. ... 3. To put down; to crush out; to suppress. 'The mutiny he there hastes to oppress.' (Shak) ....
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Op·press' transitive verb [
imperfect & past participle Oppressed ;
present participle & verbal noun Oppressing .] [ French
oppresser , Late Latin
oppressare , from Latin
oppressus , past participle of
opprimere...Found on
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[
v] - come down on or keep down by unjust use of one`s authority
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oppress 1. To burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: 'They were oppressed by totalitarianism.' 2. To lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.).
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to burden with cruel or unjust impositions or restraints; subject to a burdensome or harsh exercise of authority or power: a people oppressed by totalitarianism. · to lie heavily upon (the mind, a person, etc.): Care and sorrow oppressed them. · to weigh down, as sleep or weariness does. · to put down; subdue or suppress. · to ...
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come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
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[Intelligent words] come down on or keep down by unjust use of one's authority
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