Oppress

verb

/əˈpɹɛs/

Word Frequency: 0.7

Definitions

1.verbTo keep down by unjust force.

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

2.verbTo make sad or gloomy.

"We were oppressed by the constant grey skies."

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

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