oppress
transitive verb
- to weigh heavily on the mind, spirits, or senses of; worry; trouble
- to keep down by the cruel or unjust use of power or authority; rule harshly; tyrannize over
- Obsolete
- to crush; trample down
- to overpower; subdue
See oppress in American Heritage Dictionary 4
(ə-prĕsˈ)
transitive verb op·pressed,
op·press·ing,
op·press·es - To keep down by severe and unjust use of force or authority: a people who were oppressed by tyranny.
- To weigh heavily on: Poverty oppresses the spirit.
- Obsolete To overwhelm or crush.
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